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How can we not know where Alexander The Great's tomb is? Surely, it must have been a massive event, with thousands of witnesses and historical records?

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Why did the Allies risk the Normandy landing, when their South of France landing was virtually unopposed? And they were already in Italy pushing up. Why was it necessary to use such enormous resources? Please explain, and with overall context etc. Thank you kindly.

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Why didn't/couldn't Chechnya break free after the USSR collapsed, like the others?

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Why did Stalin believe his intelligence apparatus when it concerned Japan not attacking the USSR in 1941, but didn't believe the reports coming about an imminent German attack?

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How economically significant were respectively Sardinia, Corsica and Sicilly at the time of the Punic Wars?

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Why didn't the US help the UK militarily in the Falkland war? Or any other NATO country for that matter. Wasn't it technically an attack on a NATO member?

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Has Anarchy been tested as a political system in the past and how did it go?

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How is it possible that humans just stumbled upon Easter Island? It's thousands of kilometers from areas of ancient civilizations. It's literally in the middle of nowhere.

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Not sure how to formulate this, due to lack of knowledge. Hence my question. What are the reasons for the aversion to masturbation in christianity/islam/other?

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France left NATO in the 60s, and has maintained an independent military post-ww2. (Unlike the UK for example). Why did France, in this context, rejoin NATO later?

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How can we not know where Alexander The Great's tomb is? Surely, it must have been a massive event, with thousands of witnesses and historical records?	364
Why did the Allies risk the Normandy landing, when their South of France landing was virtually unopposed? And they were already in Italy pushing up. Why was it necessary to use such enormous resources? Please explain, and with overall context etc. Thank you kindly.	96
Why didn't/couldn't Chechnya break free after the USSR collapsed, like the others?	78
Why did Stalin believe his intelligence apparatus when it concerned Japan not attacking the USSR in 1941, but didn't believe the reports coming about an imminent German attack?	32
How economically significant were respectively Sardinia, Corsica and Sicilly at the time of the Punic Wars?	11
Why didn't the US help the UK militarily in the Falkland war? Or any other NATO country for that matter. Wasn't it technically an attack on a NATO member?	9
Has Anarchy been tested as a political system in the past and how did it go?	9
How is it possible that humans just stumbled upon Easter Island? It's thousands of kilometers from areas of ancient civilizations. It's literally in the middle of nowhere.	8
Not sure how to formulate this, due to lack of knowledge. Hence my question. What are the reasons for the aversion to masturbation in christianity/islam/other?	8
France left NATO in the 60s, and has maintained an independent military post-ww2. (Unlike the UK for example). Why did France, in this context, rejoin NATO later?	7