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What has been the Papacy's relationship with astronomy and space exploration?	18
Poland is making it a criminal offence to suggest that the country or its people are in any part culpable for genocide committed during WW2. Is this a common claim and does it have any validity?	16
To what extent does German influence remain in their former African colonial possessions. Can we identify a residue in language, culture, infrastructure etc?	15
Soviet government confusion: Please help me make sense of all these councils, secretaries, congresses, premiers and presidents, there seem to be dozens! Where was the real power and how did people know?	14
Are the figures in Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' arranged in a manner which makes certain theological suggestions, or is it purely an artistic composition?	14
In 1988 the execution technician Fred Leuchter gave a paper in court questioning the Holocaust (with David Irving - a Holocaust denier). It is influential on the far-right. Is the report a genuine attempt at scholarship flawed by incompetence, or a piece of politically motivated revisionism?	13
I see that on the list of D-day belligerents, between US Navy and Royal Navy, is US Coast Guard. What would I be doing as a member of the coast guard on D-day?	12
What was the latest point in WW2 when the Allies either offered or considered (with evidence) a peace which would have allowed Hitler to remain in power in Germany?	12
A US general recently said he would disregard a nuclear launch order if it was 'illegal'. How did the legal basis for nuclear warfare develop in America, if at all. Has it evolved over time since the 1940s?	12
I recently heard that in the time of the prophet Mohammed there were known individuals who would today be called 'transexuals'. How would they be treated and what were their circumstances?	11

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