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Spain and Portugal are the only developed nations that still have somewhat large informal slums, with most other nations demolishing their slum areas by the 1970s. What are the historical reasons for this?

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Was there a sizable community of Zoroastrianists in the Roman Empire? If so, how did roman polytheists receive them?

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We all know the story of Benedict Arnold, but were there also instances where high-level British Officers became sympathetic enough to the cause of American independence, that they switched sides and betrayed the King?

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Why does the ethnonym 'Saxon' seem to persist in continental Europe after the migrations to Britain, but those of the 'Angles' or 'Jutes' do not?

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When did people start changing their clothes every day?

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In the last scene of Schindler's List, the Nazi soldiers immediately ended their hostility towards the Jewish factory workers at the news of Germany's surrender. Was this immediacy common across all of the Nazi regime, or were there any last-ditch efforts to continue the final solution?

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How much evidence do we require to say a civilization definitely existed? What separates ancient Sumer or Old Kingdom Egypt from what came before?

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In the new Netflix movie "The King" Henry V is seen presumably "partying" and waking up the next day with a girl beside him. Would this kind of "one night stand" be normal for Henry V ?

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"Hamlet" takes place in Denmark and mentions Norway. What did people in those countries think of the play when it was first published or performed there?

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African American soldiers in WW2.

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Spain and Portugal are the only developed nations that still have somewhat large informal slums, with most other nations demolishing their slum areas by the 1970s. What are the historical reasons for this?	233
Was there a sizable community of Zoroastrianists in the Roman Empire? If so, how did roman polytheists receive them?	233
We all know the story of Benedict Arnold, but were there also instances where high-level British Officers became sympathetic enough to the cause of American independence, that they switched sides and betrayed the King?	233
Why does the ethnonym 'Saxon' seem to persist in continental Europe after the migrations to Britain, but those of the 'Angles' or 'Jutes' do not?	233
When did people start changing their clothes every day?	232
In the last scene of Schindler's List, the Nazi soldiers immediately ended their hostility towards the Jewish factory workers at the news of Germany's surrender. Was this immediacy common across all of the Nazi regime, or were there any last-ditch efforts to continue the final solution?	232
How much evidence do we require to say a civilization definitely existed? What separates ancient Sumer or Old Kingdom Egypt from what came before?	231
In the new Netflix movie "The King" Henry V is seen presumably "partying" and waking up the next day with a girl beside him. Would this kind of "one night stand" be normal for Henry V ?	231
"Hamlet" takes place in Denmark and mentions Norway. What did people in those countries think of the play when it was first published or performed there?	231
African American soldiers in WW2.	229