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What were the circumstances surrounding Julius Caesar's offer to Cicero to be a member of the Triumvirate? (which I assume would have made it a Quadrivium or something)

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The DoD largely supported the development of ARPANET in hopes that it would produce a communication network capable of withstanding a nuclear attack during the Cold War (among its other benefits). Were the Soviets working on any similar programs?

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What were the principle factors/key persons involved in the rise of the concept of being "American" rather than jilted-feeling British colonists?

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What is the earliest known use of the concept of camouflage in a military setting?

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Where does the recognizable “tv news reporter” way of speaking/unique cadence originate from, given that almost nobody speaks that way in any other context?

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What's the most ironic thing to have ever happened (and be recorded in history)?

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Was the devastation caused by the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki worse than the devastation expected by extending the ongoing bombing campaigns for potentially years and ground invasion of Japan that would have happened otherwise?

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Who are some of the worst people in history who were "next in line" of succession but never came to power?

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Even the modern Oxford English Dictionary is sometimes slow to add even widely used slang or technical jargon, so: how well documented were 1300s-1700s-ish vernacular and slang words in English?

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How valuable/important has the preservation of statues been to the work of professional historians?

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What were the circumstances surrounding Julius Caesar's offer to Cicero to be a member of the Triumvirate? (which I assume would have made it a Quadrivium or something)	3
The DoD largely supported the development of ARPANET in hopes that it would produce a communication network capable of withstanding a nuclear attack during the Cold War (among its other benefits). Were the Soviets working on any similar programs?	3
What were the principle factors/key persons involved in the rise of the concept of being "American" rather than jilted-feeling British colonists?	2
What is the earliest known use of the concept of camouflage in a military setting?	2
Where does the recognizable “tv news reporter” way of speaking/unique cadence originate from, given that almost nobody speaks that way in any other context?	1
What's the most ironic thing to have ever happened (and be recorded in history)?	1
Was the devastation caused by the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki worse than the devastation expected by extending the ongoing bombing campaigns for potentially years and ground invasion of Japan that would have happened otherwise?	1
Who are some of the worst people in history who were "next in line" of succession but never came to power?	1
Even the modern Oxford English Dictionary is sometimes slow to add even widely used slang or technical jargon, so: how well documented were 1300s-1700s-ish vernacular and slang words in English?	1
How valuable/important has the preservation of statues been to the work of professional historians?	1