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Did the Ancient Greeks/Indians/Romans/Atztecs etc etc. took their mythology seriously or did they regard it as a more or less a form of entertainment?

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Why did the revolution of 1848 happen in so many countries at the same time?

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Why did war planes stopped having art painted on them?

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What is an historic event/fact that historians almost unanimously agreed didn't exist/didn't happen, and then later turned out to be true?

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Did the US Federal Government itself own and utilize slave labor?

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When slavery was legal in America, were African Americans specifically bred by their owners?

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How effective were pre-war fortifications during combat in the First World War?

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Why was the Progressive Era able to happen in the U.S., when the wealthy had so much power during the Gilded Age?

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In the 1990's the CIA was caught bringing cocaine to streets of LA with the help of the LAPD What was the CIA's motive?

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What do we know of the current-day descendants of slave-owning plantation owners in the Caribbean during that era? Do these families still hold the wealth accrued through slavery?

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Did the Ancient Greeks/Indians/Romans/Atztecs etc etc. took their mythology seriously or did they regard it as a more or less a form of entertainment?	68
Why did the revolution of 1848 happen in so many countries at the same time?	68
Why did war planes stopped having art painted on them?	68
What is an historic event/fact that historians almost unanimously agreed didn't exist/didn't happen, and then later turned out to be true?	68
Did the US Federal Government itself own and utilize slave labor?	68
When slavery was legal in America, were African Americans specifically bred by their owners?	68
How effective were pre-war fortifications during combat in the First World War?	68
Why was the Progressive Era able to happen in the U.S., when the wealthy had so much power during the Gilded Age?	68
In the 1990's the CIA was caught bringing cocaine to streets of LA with the help of the LAPD What was the CIA's motive?	68
What do we know of the current-day descendants of slave-owning plantation owners in the Caribbean during that era? Do these families still hold the wealth accrued through slavery?	68