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The 1975 bombing of LaGuardia Airport is hardly ever discussed in the media. What do we know now about this major terrorist attack on US soil?

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In an episode in "Foyle's War", a German POW is shown as being employed as a farm-hand for an English family. Literary license or accepted practice?

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Japanese history experts, is ubasute just a myth or a documented fact?

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Upon ending his campaign to conquer India, Alexander the Great is said to have erected twelve pillars at the bank of the Hyphasis (Beas) river in Northern India. What is the modern consensus on this legend?

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What did "Neo" refer to in Italian "Neo-Realist Cinema" and did the label arrive at the same time as the films (i.e. the 1940s)?

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India still has "Unani" medicine, a Greek ("Unani/Yunani = Ionian") influenced system. Was this practice "imported" by Mughal rulers or did it reach India independently?

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To Pop historians: just when did the name "White Album" become more widely-accepted than the album's real name ("The Beatles")?

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Were classical music composers also proficient instrumentalists?

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At the entrance to the Edinburgh Castle is a sign that claims the fortress was defended by another gate for at least 2000 years. Is that an accurate claim?

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The 1975 bombing of LaGuardia Airport is hardly ever discussed in the media. What do we know now about this major terrorist attack on US soil?	163
In an episode in "Foyle's War", a German POW is shown as being employed as a farm-hand for an English family. Literary license or accepted practice?	57
Japanese history experts, is ubasute just a myth or a documented fact?	27
Upon ending his campaign to conquer India, Alexander the Great is said to have erected twelve pillars at the bank of the Hyphasis (Beas) river in Northern India. What is the modern consensus on this legend?	18
What did "Neo" refer to in Italian "Neo-Realist Cinema" and did the label arrive at the same time as the films (i.e. the 1940s)?	7
India still has "Unani" medicine, a Greek ("Unani/Yunani = Ionian") influenced system. Was this practice "imported" by Mughal rulers or did it reach India independently?	6
To Pop historians: just when did the name "White Album" become more widely-accepted than the album's real name ("The Beatles")?	4
Were classical music composers also proficient instrumentalists?	3
At the entrance to the Edinburgh Castle is a sign that claims the fortress was defended by another gate for at least 2000 years. Is that an accurate claim?	2