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Does anyone actually know what happened to Gaius Julius Caesar's ashes?

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Before the rise of the British Empire and English by proxy, were there any other languages that had a near universal status?

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If I asked a Serb, Croat, or Bosnian [in the 90's] what was the cause of the Yugoslav Wars how would they answer me?

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The slave trade changed the lives of millions of people, and the economy of the world. But which continent (Europe, Africa, or the Americas) changed the most as a result of the Atlantic slave trade.

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In countries like Sweden, where organized, internal corruption is all but unheard of, people used to bluntly pay to get positions that they could then use for personal profit, same as modern-day Afghanistan. So how did countries like Sweden evolve out of this plethoric small-scale corruption?

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Did photographic documentation of Japanese American internment camps reach the American public during WWII?

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What was the average price for a slave in America? And how much is that nowdays?

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I am an American privateer who has been captured during the Revolution. Am I a pirate or a prisoner?

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Where does the black and white striped bandit with a the eye mask, hooks for hands, and bag with a dollar sign on it come from?

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Were ancient Egyptian pharaoh's all buried following the same religious guidelines?

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Does anyone actually know what happened to Gaius Julius Caesar's ashes?	27
Before the rise of the British Empire and English by proxy, were there any other languages that had a near universal status?	27
If I asked a Serb, Croat, or Bosnian [in the 90's] what was the cause of the Yugoslav Wars how would they answer me?	27
The slave trade changed the lives of millions of people, and the economy of the world. But which continent (Europe, Africa, or the Americas) changed the most as a result of the Atlantic slave trade.	27
In countries like Sweden, where organized, internal corruption is all but unheard of, people used to bluntly pay to get positions that they could then use for personal profit, same as modern-day Afghanistan. So how did countries like Sweden evolve out of this plethoric small-scale corruption?	27
Did photographic documentation of Japanese American internment camps reach the American public during WWII?	27
What was the average price for a slave in America? And how much is that nowdays?	27
I am an American privateer who has been captured during the Revolution. Am I a pirate or a prisoner?	27
Where does the black and white striped bandit with a the eye mask, hooks for hands, and bag with a dollar sign on it come from?	27
Were ancient Egyptian pharaoh's all buried following the same religious guidelines?	27