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Who is the youngest son of a WW2 veteran?

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How did the term 'Cold War' become so popular to describe the post-WWII "era of tension" and was it just used in The West or did the USSR/Eastern bloc also used a similar/translated term?

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When did people start thinking about landing on the moon?

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Why and how did hats go out of style in the 1950's and 60's?

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Modern English translations of Plato's accounts of Atlantis in the Timaeus and Critias, regularly state "9,000 years" as the date before Plato's time of writing. How has this date been calibrated from Plato's ancient Greek into the standard modern English translation as "9,000 years"?

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How did the modern concept of a police force, designed to maintain law and order, come about?

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Why do Eastern and Western Christians cross themselves in opposite directions? When did this change happen?

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Was Howard Hughes a paedophile?

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Can a determination be drawn as to whether US foreign policy has been more or less war-like since conscription in the US was abolished?

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Papua New Guinea, The Kokoda Track, WWII - Is anyone able to tell me the things my Grandfather was unable to talk about?

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Who is the youngest son of a WW2 veteran?	12
How did the term 'Cold War' become so popular to describe the post-WWII "era of tension" and was it just used in The West or did the USSR/Eastern bloc also used a similar/translated term?	12
When did people start thinking about landing on the moon?	12
Why and how did hats go out of style in the 1950's and 60's?	12
Modern English translations of Plato's accounts of Atlantis in the Timaeus and Critias, regularly state "9,000 years" as the date before Plato's time of writing. How has this date been calibrated from Plato's ancient Greek into the standard modern English translation as "9,000 years"?	12
How did the modern concept of a police force, designed to maintain law and order, come about?	12
Why do Eastern and Western Christians cross themselves in opposite directions? When did this change happen?	12
Was Howard Hughes a paedophile?	12
Can a determination be drawn as to whether US foreign policy has been more or less war-like since conscription in the US was abolished?	12
Papua New Guinea, The Kokoda Track, WWII - Is anyone able to tell me the things my Grandfather was unable to talk about?	12