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My Belgian grandfather is convinced king Albert I was murdered. Is there any evidence for this?

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Why wasn’t Bruce Ismay charged with negligent manslaughter after the Titanic sunk?

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Slavery in the Wild West

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Aristotle was the first person to study biology systematically on the basis of empirical observation. What might have inspired him to do something so unprecedented? What was the status of empirical observation in his period?

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Accents in old England

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Is colonialism always justified by/linked to racism? Thinking of examples such as Qing China, Japan, or the British and Irish

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Why are so many contemporary (1970s to present) African warlords fundamentalist christian?

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When did it become practically impossible to build a house anywhere you like?

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To what degree, if any, did Roman provinces vary in their relative costs of living? For instance, was life in Gaul any more or less expensive than life in North Africa or Anatolia? How do we know?

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How did the Finnish folklorists come to be so important in the history of folklore as a discipline?

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My Belgian grandfather is convinced king Albert I was murdered. Is there any evidence for this?	29
Why wasn’t Bruce Ismay charged with negligent manslaughter after the Titanic sunk?	29
Slavery in the Wild West	29
Aristotle was the first person to study biology systematically on the basis of empirical observation. What might have inspired him to do something so unprecedented? What was the status of empirical observation in his period?	29
Accents in old England	29
Is colonialism always justified by/linked to racism? Thinking of examples such as Qing China, Japan, or the British and Irish	28
Why are so many contemporary (1970s to present) African warlords fundamentalist christian?	28
When did it become practically impossible to build a house anywhere you like?	28
To what degree, if any, did Roman provinces vary in their relative costs of living? For instance, was life in Gaul any more or less expensive than life in North Africa or Anatolia? How do we know?	28
How did the Finnish folklorists come to be so important in the history of folklore as a discipline?	28