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When the romans changed the silver purity of their coins, did foreign merchants immediately notice?

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Was there a parallel Civil Rights movement in Canada?

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When and why was Prussia dissolved? Can it be said approximately when people stopped identifying as Prussians?

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When Hawaii became a US state did all residents of the state automatically become a US Citizen?

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Towards the end of the American Civil War, did the Confederate Army use wooden bullets?

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Before the invention of photography, what was stopping criminals from just moving to somewhere that no one knew what they looked like?

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Why are Hindu god(s) depicted as having blue skin?

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Was there ever a real life version of Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot? A Detective as brilliant as either of these characters?

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Why is the outline of Africa in the 1502 Cantino Planisphere map seemingly so much more accurate than other parts of the known world (including parts of Europe)?

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It seems that Catholicism was almost universal in Medieval Europe. Do we have any written record of prominent atheists during that time? Or was atheism something that was kept secret?

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When the romans changed the silver purity of their coins, did foreign merchants immediately notice?	44
Was there a parallel Civil Rights movement in Canada?	44
When and why was Prussia dissolved? Can it be said approximately when people stopped identifying as Prussians?	44
When Hawaii became a US state did all residents of the state automatically become a US Citizen?	44
Towards the end of the American Civil War, did the Confederate Army use wooden bullets?	44
Before the invention of photography, what was stopping criminals from just moving to somewhere that no one knew what they looked like?	44
Why are Hindu god(s) depicted as having blue skin?	44
Was there ever a real life version of Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot? A Detective as brilliant as either of these characters?	44
Why is the outline of Africa in the 1502 Cantino Planisphere map seemingly so much more accurate than other parts of the known world (including parts of Europe)?	44
It seems that Catholicism was almost universal in Medieval Europe. Do we have any written record of prominent atheists during that time? Or was atheism something that was kept secret?	44