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Did the Canadian and UK soldiers receive a similar speech to the finest hour speech that Dwight D Eisenhower gave American soldiers before D Day?

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We're there ever cases of black people who were part of the Roman Army?

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How often did Aztecs and Mayans sacrifice people, did one civilization do this more than the other and are there any accounts of individuals within the tribes being opposed to it?

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How did slave owners in the Southern United States deal with their children if they became friends with a child slave?

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It’s June 5, 1944 and I’m a soldier about to be part of D Day but I get a terrible flu. What happens to me?

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I’ve heard the aristocrats joke came from the vaudeville era. Is there any written or recorded example of this? Also, how would audiences of the time react to such a joke?

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The last residential school in Canada closed in 1996. Was the one in 1996 as brutal as the ones decades prior?

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How literal was the “not one step back” order by the Soviet Union during WWII?

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Did the Roman Army have special operations units?

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If I was an officer in the Red Army during the 1930’s, what could I do to ensure I’m not purged by Stalin?

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Did the Canadian and UK soldiers receive a similar speech to the finest hour speech that Dwight D Eisenhower gave American soldiers before D Day?	6
We're there ever cases of black people who were part of the Roman Army?	6
How often did Aztecs and Mayans sacrifice people, did one civilization do this more than the other and are there any accounts of individuals within the tribes being opposed to it?	6
How did slave owners in the Southern United States deal with their children if they became friends with a child slave?	5
It’s June 5, 1944 and I’m a soldier about to be part of D Day but I get a terrible flu. What happens to me?	5
I’ve heard the aristocrats joke came from the vaudeville era. Is there any written or recorded example of this? Also, how would audiences of the time react to such a joke?	5
The last residential school in Canada closed in 1996. Was the one in 1996 as brutal as the ones decades prior?	5
How literal was the “not one step back” order by the Soviet Union during WWII?	5
Did the Roman Army have special operations units?	5
If I was an officer in the Red Army during the 1930’s, what could I do to ensure I’m not purged by Stalin?	5