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I've heard that by the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, the last few germans were surviving on a meager 500ish calories a day. How much food was the average Russian soldier getting in comparison?

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Were innocent people really hanged in 1800s US to convince the public that crime was being handled?

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Why isn’t the French Revolution called the French Civil War?

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From pierogi to wontons, ravioli to banku; do we know whether cultures the world over created dumplings independently or did they have some common ancestor?

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What made the Normans so expansionary and powerful? How come poor (?), sparsely populated (?) peripheral Normandy came to be the ground zero for the conquest of England, Sicily, parts of the Middle East, and parts of Iberia?

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The Etruscan language: a question about its origins and what is known about it. What have we learnt about it so far?

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Was Medieval Persian culture seen as THE classical culture by Ottomans & Mughals, vis-a-vis Ancient Greco-Roman culture in Europe?

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Before the Unification of 1871, did Germans consider themselves 'German' or did they think of themselves as Augsburger, Bavarian, Prussian etc?

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How did people deal with chapped lips throughout history?

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I've heard that by the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, the last few germans were surviving on a meager 500ish calories a day. How much food was the average Russian soldier getting in comparison?	95
Were innocent people really hanged in 1800s US to convince the public that crime was being handled?	95
Why isn’t the French Revolution called the French Civil War?	95
From pierogi to wontons, ravioli to banku; do we know whether cultures the world over created dumplings independently or did they have some common ancestor?	95
What made the Normans so expansionary and powerful? How come poor (?), sparsely populated (?) peripheral Normandy came to be the ground zero for the conquest of England, Sicily, parts of the Middle East, and parts of Iberia?	95
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The Etruscan language: a question about its origins and what is known about it. What have we learnt about it so far?	95
Was Medieval Persian culture seen as THE classical culture by Ottomans & Mughals, vis-a-vis Ancient Greco-Roman culture in Europe?	95
Before the Unification of 1871, did Germans consider themselves 'German' or did they think of themselves as Augsburger, Bavarian, Prussian etc?	95
How did people deal with chapped lips throughout history?	95