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It took the British more than half a million men, including a quarter of a million natives Brits, and had to resort to using concentration camps to win the Boer War. Why was this war so important to them when a century earlier they surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown?

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Why are workers' rights in the USA so restricted as compared to those in other Western nations? Do the origins of this anti-worker environment date to the nation's founding or later?

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What modern rum would be most like the rum pirates drank during the golden age?

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Why is USA college/university culture (generally speaking) so different from other parts of the world in terms of partying and "being involved"?

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What is an example of a heartwarming tale from your researched point of history?

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How common were close friendships between different genders (or sexes) prior to modern times?

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Has the Nobel Prize ever been awarded for something that later turned out to be completely bogus?

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I've heard it said that before the concept of teenagers arose, you were a child or you were an adult. What then might be the experience of a 14 or 15-year-old living in a city in late 19th century America?

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How was the Holocaust taught behind the Iron Curtain? What state were the death camps kept in? Did people visit touristically? What were they taught?

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What was the Confederate States of America's long-term post-war plans at times when it looked like they had the advantage?

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It took the British more than half a million men, including a quarter of a million natives Brits, and had to resort to using concentration camps to win the Boer War. Why was this war so important to them when a century earlier they surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown?	590
Why are workers' rights in the USA so restricted as compared to those in other Western nations? Do the origins of this anti-worker environment date to the nation's founding or later?	590
What modern rum would be most like the rum pirates drank during the golden age?	584
Why is USA college/university culture (generally speaking) so different from other parts of the world in terms of partying and "being involved"?	583
What is an example of a heartwarming tale from your researched point of history?	576
How common were close friendships between different genders (or sexes) prior to modern times?	575
Has the Nobel Prize ever been awarded for something that later turned out to be completely bogus?	573
I've heard it said that before the concept of teenagers arose, you were a child or you were an adult. What then might be the experience of a 14 or 15-year-old living in a city in late 19th century America?	570
How was the Holocaust taught behind the Iron Curtain? What state were the death camps kept in? Did people visit touristically? What were they taught?	568
What was the Confederate States of America's long-term post-war plans at times when it looked like they had the advantage?	562