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Can anyone give me an example of a time when the speaker of the house and president were in opposing parties, but still worked together?

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In the movie Pan's Labyrinth the Francoist Captain is portrayed as living in a vast mansion with over a dozen personal servants. What did it look like in reality?

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How are Soviet fighter aircraft designs different than Western countries'?

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What would it take to beat a castle by re-routing the river it straddles entirely away? Has this ever been done?

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What traditionally happens in the Supreme Court once oral arguements are over?

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The decline of the tall ship

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Why did Great Britain not declare war on Russia when they invaded Poland from the east as Germany invaded from the west in 1939?

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Which historic events brought major ethnic/demographical changes to the original Egyptian population of Egypt?

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Was hitchhiking in any form a thing before the invention of the automobile?

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When and why did matches stop becoming popular? I don't see any matches at bars anymore, and they are becoming more and more difficult to find at stores. The market has been completely flooded by lighters.

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Can anyone give me an example of a time when the speaker of the house and president were in opposing parties, but still worked together?	6
In the movie Pan's Labyrinth the Francoist Captain is portrayed as living in a vast mansion with over a dozen personal servants. What did it look like in reality?	6
How are Soviet fighter aircraft designs different than Western countries'?	6
What would it take to beat a castle by re-routing the river it straddles entirely away? Has this ever been done?	6
What traditionally happens in the Supreme Court once oral arguements are over?	6
The decline of the tall ship	6
Why did Great Britain not declare war on Russia when they invaded Poland from the east as Germany invaded from the west in 1939?	6
Which historic events brought major ethnic/demographical changes to the original Egyptian population of Egypt?	6
Was hitchhiking in any form a thing before the invention of the automobile?	6
When and why did matches stop becoming popular? I don't see any matches at bars anymore, and they are becoming more and more difficult to find at stores. The market has been completely flooded by lighters.	6