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How much contact did the Mesoamerican cultures like the Mayans/Aztecs have with Indian groups in what is now the United States and Canada?

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What were Benedict Arnold's motives for turning sides, and are there historians who take a more sympathetic view toward him?

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Did any significant pre-modern society NOT practice slavery?

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During the time of The Borgias, were all Italians accompanied by background music or was it reserved for the privileged?

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While HIV/AIDS emerged in 1980's, is there any belief that past unexplained epidemics may have been earlier appearances of HIV?

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Whatever happened to that hidden chamber found in the Great Pyramid last year?

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Vladimir Putin recently wrote an article about World War II. How accurate is it?

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In Apocalypse Now, there's a scene where there seemed to be no commanding officer and the soldiers were acting as they pleased. Theatrics aside, how bad was the breakdown in discipline during the Vietnam War?

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How did Nazi germany justify the fact that Egypt, Persia and Greece had sophisticated civilizations much earlier than Germanics and how did they come to terms with the existence of Rome?

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did slaves get days off?

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How much contact did the Mesoamerican cultures like the Mayans/Aztecs have with Indian groups in what is now the United States and Canada?	417
What were Benedict Arnold's motives for turning sides, and are there historians who take a more sympathetic view toward him?	416
Did any significant pre-modern society NOT practice slavery?	414
During the time of The Borgias, were all Italians accompanied by background music or was it reserved for the privileged?	414
While HIV/AIDS emerged in 1980's, is there any belief that past unexplained epidemics may have been earlier appearances of HIV?	410
Whatever happened to that hidden chamber found in the Great Pyramid last year?	409
Vladimir Putin recently wrote an article about World War II. How accurate is it?	409
In Apocalypse Now, there's a scene where there seemed to be no commanding officer and the soldiers were acting as they pleased. Theatrics aside, how bad was the breakdown in discipline during the Vietnam War?	408
How did Nazi germany justify the fact that Egypt, Persia and Greece had sophisticated civilizations much earlier than Germanics and how did they come to terms with the existence of Rome?	407
did slaves get days off?	406