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has anyone ever completed a genocide?

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Would the allies have still won World War 1 if The United States didn’t join the war?

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What happened to private land/property after the world wars?

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It's said that when potatoes were introduced in Russia a lot of people got poisoned, as they supposed the leaves were edible. Were Europeans really so unaware of the properties of New World plants?

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My friend told me the Muslim World’s problem with Puritan Islam didn’t start until roughly 1979. Before that Islam was more “cultural” and “mystical”. How true is this?

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In the old 1-yen banknote, the legendary Japanese Empress Jingu is portrayed as a seemingly white woman with Caucasian features. What was the reasoning for this, and how was it received by the Japanese public?

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What was the reaction to Inejiro Asanuma’s assassination? How did the Japanese public feel about it at the time and how do they largely feel now?

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The Nazi Tiger tank is often portrayed as an extremely effective tank in fiction, being able to fight off groups of Allied tanks by itself. How accurate are these depictions? If they were so good, how did the Allies counter these tanks?

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What are the historical reasons for the Nordic countries comparitively high success rates (HDI, happiness, progressiveness, etc...) compared to the rest of the Western world?

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is there any reason there's so many nicknames for women named after birds in english?

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has anyone ever completed a genocide?	5
Would the allies have still won World War 1 if The United States didn’t join the war?	5
What happened to private land/property after the world wars?	5
It's said that when potatoes were introduced in Russia a lot of people got poisoned, as they supposed the leaves were edible. Were Europeans really so unaware of the properties of New World plants?	5
My friend told me the Muslim World’s problem with Puritan Islam didn’t start until roughly 1979. Before that Islam was more “cultural” and “mystical”. How true is this?	5
In the old 1-yen banknote, the legendary Japanese Empress Jingu is portrayed as a seemingly white woman with Caucasian features. What was the reasoning for this, and how was it received by the Japanese public?	5
What was the reaction to Inejiro Asanuma’s assassination? How did the Japanese public feel about it at the time and how do they largely feel now?	5
The Nazi Tiger tank is often portrayed as an extremely effective tank in fiction, being able to fight off groups of Allied tanks by itself. How accurate are these depictions? If they were so good, how did the Allies counter these tanks?	5
What are the historical reasons for the Nordic countries comparitively high success rates (HDI, happiness, progressiveness, etc...) compared to the rest of the Western world?	5
is there any reason there's so many nicknames for women named after birds in english?	5