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What was the reason for the decline of public executions in Western countries when they are accepted by society during the 18th and 19th centuries?

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What is the Labyrinth of Knossos actually? Was it supposed to be a real place?

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Before the advent of weather forecasting, were empires and large nations in the past able to realize that typhoons and hurricanes move from one place to another because they can see it move on their territory?

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How much did the Japanese know about the Manhattan Project (of course before it was used against them)?

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How true is the claim that lots and lots (millions) of people today are somehow descendants of Genghis Khan? And how did we know about this?

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What are the theological and philosophical arguments of Greco-Roman philosophers vs. Christianity like? What was their debate with Early Christians like?

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Where did modern pop and rock music come from? It sure sounds very different from European classical music to come from it.

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Is the view that the Roman Empire collapsed, not in 476, nor in 1453, but in 1204 under an attack by the Crusaders and the Republic of Venice - an okay historical opinion?

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How is it that the Han Dynasty was able to soundly defeat the Xiongnu (nomad empire), while the Ming Dynasty had difficulties dealing with the Oirats/Northern Yuan (another nomadic empire)?

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Is the British royal monarch tree continuous or did an unrelated guy took the throne at the English monarchy at some point? Meaning that can Queen Elizabeth II today trace her lineage to the 1st English monarch?

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What was the reason for the decline of public executions in Western countries when they are accepted by society during the 18th and 19th centuries?	1
What is the Labyrinth of Knossos actually? Was it supposed to be a real place?	1
Before the advent of weather forecasting, were empires and large nations in the past able to realize that typhoons and hurricanes move from one place to another because they can see it move on their territory?	1
How much did the Japanese know about the Manhattan Project (of course before it was used against them)?	1
How true is the claim that lots and lots (millions) of people today are somehow descendants of Genghis Khan? And how did we know about this?	1
What are the theological and philosophical arguments of Greco-Roman philosophers vs. Christianity like? What was their debate with Early Christians like?	1
Where did modern pop and rock music come from? It sure sounds very different from European classical music to come from it.	1
Is the view that the Roman Empire collapsed, not in 476, nor in 1453, but in 1204 under an attack by the Crusaders and the Republic of Venice - an okay historical opinion?	1
How is it that the Han Dynasty was able to soundly defeat the Xiongnu (nomad empire), while the Ming Dynasty had difficulties dealing with the Oirats/Northern Yuan (another nomadic empire)?	1
Is the British royal monarch tree continuous or did an unrelated guy took the throne at the English monarchy at some point? Meaning that can Queen Elizabeth II today trace her lineage to the 1st English monarch?	1