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What did Italians typically eat before the tomato and potato were brought from America?

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I recently talked to an old man in a southern town who said when he was very young, there was a "Confederate barracks" across the street from him. What did this refer to?

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Why was Austria-Hungary a failed state?

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How did Americans populate Alaska and Hawaii when they were still new?

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Some researchers connect the 1951 mass poisoning of the village of Pont-Saint-Esprit, France to the CIA's MKULTRA program. How probable are these allegations?

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How did the Tribes in Pre-Roman Europe live?

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What was the reasoning behind placing former Wall Street lawyers like Allen Dulles in prominent intelligence gathering positions during the early days of the OSS?

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If there is a repeating theme of the Roman military being defeated by cavalry based armies how were they never able to adopt strategies to defeat these kinds of armies?

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Would it be more historically correct or accurate to refer to the Timurids as a "Khanate" or an "Empire"?

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In premodern times, how did peasants and workers not succumb to insanity due to the harshness of their lives?

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What did Italians typically eat before the tomato and potato were brought from America?	24
I recently talked to an old man in a southern town who said when he was very young, there was a "Confederate barracks" across the street from him. What did this refer to?	24
Why was Austria-Hungary a failed state?	24
How did Americans populate Alaska and Hawaii when they were still new?	24
Some researchers connect the 1951 mass poisoning of the village of Pont-Saint-Esprit, France to the CIA's MKULTRA program. How probable are these allegations?	24
How did the Tribes in Pre-Roman Europe live?	24
What was the reasoning behind placing former Wall Street lawyers like Allen Dulles in prominent intelligence gathering positions during the early days of the OSS?	24
If there is a repeating theme of the Roman military being defeated by cavalry based armies how were they never able to adopt strategies to defeat these kinds of armies?	24
Would it be more historically correct or accurate to refer to the Timurids as a "Khanate" or an "Empire"?	24
In premodern times, how did peasants and workers not succumb to insanity due to the harshness of their lives?	24