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Before 1967 when interracial marriage was illegal in all Southern states, was this prosecuted with different severity depending on whether the groom or the bride was the black partner in the marriage?

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Did the ancient Greeks believe that their gods were only the gods of the Greeks or also of all humans?

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To what extent did Vichy French forces fight Free French forces for control of the overseas empire? Did Vichy France have any actual control in Africa?

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Did Europe have more wars than the rest of the world did in the 1400s and 1500s?

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Friedrich Engels owned multiple factories. Did he manage them based on communist principles?

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Why do people always say that Hitler was elected, when he was appointed by Paul von Hindenburg?

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According to Wiki, Pugachev's rebellion (1773-1775) "recruited not only Cossacks, but Russian peasants and factory workers". Factories and factory workers existed in 1770s Russia? What kind of industrial production was present before the First Industrial Revolution?

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How were mines in the Spanish Empire different from mines in the Roman Empire?

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In Germany during the Nazi period, could anyone with enemies, business competitors or involved in a legal dispute, be "falsely accused of being Jewish" by said rival with the knowledge that the state would then persecute them?

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Would a Russian serf born in 1800, far from any major city, have seen any sign of the Industrial Revolution in his or her lifetime?

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Before 1967 when interracial marriage was illegal in all Southern states, was this prosecuted with different severity depending on whether the groom or the bride was the black partner in the marriage?	2723
Did the ancient Greeks believe that their gods were only the gods of the Greeks or also of all humans?	234
To what extent did Vichy French forces fight Free French forces for control of the overseas empire? Did Vichy France have any actual control in Africa?	86
Did Europe have more wars than the rest of the world did in the 1400s and 1500s?	51
Friedrich Engels owned multiple factories. Did he manage them based on communist principles?	35
Why do people always say that Hitler was elected, when he was appointed by Paul von Hindenburg?	28
According to Wiki, Pugachev's rebellion (1773-1775) "recruited not only Cossacks, but Russian peasants and factory workers". Factories and factory workers existed in 1770s Russia? What kind of industrial production was present before the First Industrial Revolution?	20
How were mines in the Spanish Empire different from mines in the Roman Empire?	19
In Germany during the Nazi period, could anyone with enemies, business competitors or involved in a legal dispute, be "falsely accused of being Jewish" by said rival with the knowledge that the state would then persecute them?	18
Would a Russian serf born in 1800, far from any major city, have seen any sign of the Industrial Revolution in his or her lifetime?	18