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This Japanese flag was found with my great grandfather’s (US) WWII Navy uniform. Can anyone help me figure out what the characters mean?

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Why was slavery prevalent with black people rather than other races?

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1935, Did the British allow Mussolini to use the Suez Canal or Gibraltar to invade Ethiopia?

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A documentary I watched claimed, "In 1450, the largest library in Europe was at the Vatican and only contained about 2,000 books." Why did they have so few books? There were much bigger libraries in ancient times.

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Is it possible a private collector has an original 1700’s 13 Star Flag? Or is there absolutely no chance one exist today?

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Was cocaine really better in the 80s? What factors led to a decrease in quality over the subsequent decades?

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What was the Native American population like in “ancient Nashville?”

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The Homeric epics are often presented as among the earliest Greek written works, and as signaling the redescovery of writing after the Greek dark ages, yet all the manuscripts that remain are very recent in comparison. What do we know about the first manuscripts?

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Why were dogs degrading in the old times, and at what point were they an acceptable animal?

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Is Stephen Kotkin or Robert Conquest right about the Ukrainian famine during collectivization?

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This Japanese flag was found with my great grandfather’s (US) WWII Navy uniform. Can anyone help me figure out what the characters mean?	32
Why was slavery prevalent with black people rather than other races?	32
1935, Did the British allow Mussolini to use the Suez Canal or Gibraltar to invade Ethiopia?	32
A documentary I watched claimed, "In 1450, the largest library in Europe was at the Vatican and only contained about 2,000 books." Why did they have so few books? There were much bigger libraries in ancient times.	32
Is it possible a private collector has an original 1700’s 13 Star Flag? Or is there absolutely no chance one exist today?	32
Was cocaine really better in the 80s? What factors led to a decrease in quality over the subsequent decades?	31
What was the Native American population like in “ancient Nashville?”	31
The Homeric epics are often presented as among the earliest Greek written works, and as signaling the redescovery of writing after the Greek dark ages, yet all the manuscripts that remain are very recent in comparison. What do we know about the first manuscripts?	31
Why were dogs degrading in the old times, and at what point were they an acceptable animal?	31
Is Stephen Kotkin or Robert Conquest right about the Ukrainian famine during collectivization?	31