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How did german tank armies manage to traverse through the ardennes forest during Fall Gelb? Something that was deemed impossible by the allies.

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I'm Hungarian. What ideas, stereotypes about Ottoman Empire / Turkish people I have are probably wrong?

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Did American troops have to dig many trenches in WWI, or had most already been dug by then?

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Has an ex-president ever run for a lower office after leaving the presidency?

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There are small pockets of Greek-speakers in many coastal towns of southern Italy. What was the status of these people in the age of Italian nationalism? How, if at all, were they involved in the Greek campaign of WWII?

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What were standards of modesty like among the old norse people?

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What did a large-scale bureaucratic or administrative "office" look like in East Asia before the widespread adoption of raised chairs and desks? How would the rooms be laid out, with what sort of furniture? How would people be arranged? What would daily activities have looked like?

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Did Nazi Germany Have Comic Books? And If So What Kinds of Characters Did They Feature?

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If the first photos of the Pillars of Creation were taken in 1995 by the Hubble telescope, then how does a picture of it exist in this 1960s film?

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How did german tank armies manage to traverse through the ardennes forest during Fall Gelb? Something that was deemed impossible by the allies.	109
I'm Hungarian. What ideas, stereotypes about Ottoman Empire / Turkish people I have are probably wrong?	109
Did American troops have to dig many trenches in WWI, or had most already been dug by then?	109
Has an ex-president ever run for a lower office after leaving the presidency?	109
There are small pockets of Greek-speakers in many coastal towns of southern Italy. What was the status of these people in the age of Italian nationalism? How, if at all, were they involved in the Greek campaign of WWII?	109
What were standards of modesty like among the old norse people?	108
What did a large-scale bureaucratic or administrative "office" look like in East Asia before the widespread adoption of raised chairs and desks? How would the rooms be laid out, with what sort of furniture? How would people be arranged? What would daily activities have looked like?	108
Did Nazi Germany Have Comic Books? And If So What Kinds of Characters Did They Feature?	108
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If the first photos of the Pillars of Creation were taken in 1995 by the Hubble telescope, then how does a picture of it exist in this 1960s film?	108