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Most of us know the Germans used the enigma machine for sending encrypted messages. What did the allies use and how did it work?

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What were the feelings of the first and second generations of post-WW2 Germans toward the generation that was alive during the Nazi era? Was there ever any intergenerational conflict? Was there ever any reconciliation between the generations?

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How did Alexander the Great's armies have a supply of clean water to drink on their long voyages?

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Why did the collapse of all the European colonial empires not result in any apparent economic problems for the European countries?

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Who/where started counting the years and how long did it take for everyone to be aware that the years were being counted?

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I'm one of the 60 senators taking part in the plot to kill Julius Caesar. Do we have any discussions on what Rome will look like after we kill the tyrant? Are we expecting the common citizenry to join us after we reveal our heroism? What exactly is our endgame?

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What was the image of Sacco and Vanzetti’s anarchism in the Soviet Union?

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We’ve all heard that lobster was once a trash fish that was fed to slaves. Assuming this is true, how did it become the high-end luxury product it is today?

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How did pricing work when the US penny (the smallest currency denomination) was far more valuable?

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Most of us know the Germans used the enigma machine for sending encrypted messages. What did the allies use and how did it work?	50
What were the feelings of the first and second generations of post-WW2 Germans toward the generation that was alive during the Nazi era? Was there ever any intergenerational conflict? Was there ever any reconciliation between the generations?	50
How did Alexander the Great's armies have a supply of clean water to drink on their long voyages?	50
Why did the collapse of all the European colonial empires not result in any apparent economic problems for the European countries?	50
Who/where started counting the years and how long did it take for everyone to be aware that the years were being counted?	50
I'm one of the 60 senators taking part in the plot to kill Julius Caesar. Do we have any discussions on what Rome will look like after we kill the tyrant? Are we expecting the common citizenry to join us after we reveal our heroism? What exactly is our endgame?	50
What was the image of Sacco and Vanzetti’s anarchism in the Soviet Union?	50
We’ve all heard that lobster was once a trash fish that was fed to slaves. Assuming this is true, how did it become the high-end luxury product it is today?	50
How did pricing work when the US penny (the smallest currency denomination) was far more valuable?	50
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