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When did 'open' or ambiguous endings in literature start appearing, and when did they become common?

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Why do we cross our fingers for luck?

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Why the Nazis favored the Holocaust instead of simply expelling Jews from Germany?

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Why did large numbers of Native Americans volunteer for military service with the Confederacy instead of Union or rather stay neutral during the American Civil War?

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How did Afghanistan have a period of relative peace and modernisation between WWII and the soviet war?

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How prevalent was support for Falangism and Franco in Latin America?

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In ancient, or biblical times when the people burned cities or towns how did the fire eventually go out?

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Besides meteoric iron, how did people first discover metal?

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Under what reasons were Greek Helots "freed".

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In the film 'Darkest Hour' frequent reference is made to an agreeable and perhaps beneficial peace deal with Nazi Germany. Do we have any idea what sort of terms Nazi Germany would have put in such a peace agreement, considering that if the UK surrendered, Europe very may well have been won?

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When did 'open' or ambiguous endings in literature start appearing, and when did they become common?	5
Why do we cross our fingers for luck?	5
Why the Nazis favored the Holocaust instead of simply expelling Jews from Germany?	5
Why did large numbers of Native Americans volunteer for military service with the Confederacy instead of Union or rather stay neutral during the American Civil War?	5
How did Afghanistan have a period of relative peace and modernisation between WWII and the soviet war?	5
How prevalent was support for Falangism and Franco in Latin America?	5
In ancient, or biblical times when the people burned cities or towns how did the fire eventually go out?	5
Besides meteoric iron, how did people first discover metal?	5
Under what reasons were Greek Helots "freed".	5
In the film 'Darkest Hour' frequent reference is made to an agreeable and perhaps beneficial peace deal with Nazi Germany. Do we have any idea what sort of terms Nazi Germany would have put in such a peace agreement, considering that if the UK surrendered, Europe very may well have been won?	5