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When was the last time a person who had never held an elected office got the nomination for a major party?

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When the French colonized North America, why did they settle so far north?

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Italian ancestry among Roman legionaries hailing from the provinces?

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In Classical ethnographies of the Celts, many authors reference Posidonius' Histories. Some authors cite Posidonius, while others do not explicitly. What sort of expectation was there in the Classical world towards acknowledgement of prior scholarship?

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How accurate are Marx's historical claims in "Das Kapital"?

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What effects did the Marian Reforms have on other parts of Rome's political system?

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What stupid decisions have military commanders made that have cost them the battle or even the war?

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What is the modern view on the "conspiracy of silence" that kept, for example, Wilson's stroke, Roosevelt's reliance on a wheelchair, and Kennedy's infidelity, under wraps?

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How was the English Reformation so popularly succesful, such that only a century after the Act of Supremacy local communities were gripped in terror of "popish plots"?

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Did Guyana, Belize, Bermuda and the British West Indies islands play an active part in the World Wars?

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When was the last time a person who had never held an elected office got the nomination for a major party?	4
When the French colonized North America, why did they settle so far north?	4
Italian ancestry among Roman legionaries hailing from the provinces?	4
In Classical ethnographies of the Celts, many authors reference Posidonius' Histories. Some authors cite Posidonius, while others do not explicitly. What sort of expectation was there in the Classical world towards acknowledgement of prior scholarship?	4
How accurate are Marx's historical claims in "Das Kapital"?	4
What effects did the Marian Reforms have on other parts of Rome's political system?	4
What stupid decisions have military commanders made that have cost them the battle or even the war?	4
What is the modern view on the "conspiracy of silence" that kept, for example, Wilson's stroke, Roosevelt's reliance on a wheelchair, and Kennedy's infidelity, under wraps?	4
How was the English Reformation so popularly succesful, such that only a century after the Act of Supremacy local communities were gripped in terror of "popish plots"?	4
Did Guyana, Belize, Bermuda and the British West Indies islands play an active part in the World Wars?	4