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The US War Department's short film "Don't Be a Sucker!" expresses the idea the Nazis rose to power in Germany by attacking various minority groups (Jews, Catholics, Freemasons, etc.) and thus splitting fellow Germans into rival groups which were small enough for the Nazis to destroy. Is this true?

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Assata Shakur once said, “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” Is this true?

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How would you periodize the 1800s in the Western World akin to how the 1900s are generally broken up by decade (e.g. The Roaring Twenties, The Dirty Thirties)?

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In Ancient Rome, how were slaves distinguished from free people?

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In Ancient Rome, was there ever any attempt to assassinate Augustus like how his great uncle, Julius Caesar, was?

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What's the oldest known painting that was painted on a canvas?

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What's a device/invention that has a history that goes far more back than the modern public might think it does?

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What were some of the earliest explanations for why some birds (such as cockatoos, parakeets, mockingbirds, etc.) could talk, but other animals couldn't?

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What legendary creatures have been thought up due to scientific misunderstandings?

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How accurate is my understanding as to why the Gracchus brothers of Ancient Rome were assassinated?

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The US War Department's short film "Don't Be a Sucker!" expresses the idea the Nazis rose to power in Germany by attacking various minority groups (Jews, Catholics, Freemasons, etc.) and thus splitting fellow Germans into rival groups which were small enough for the Nazis to destroy. Is this true?	3118
Assata Shakur once said, “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” Is this true?	634
How would you periodize the 1800s in the Western World akin to how the 1900s are generally broken up by decade (e.g. The Roaring Twenties, The Dirty Thirties)?	93
In Ancient Rome, how were slaves distinguished from free people?	93
In Ancient Rome, was there ever any attempt to assassinate Augustus like how his great uncle, Julius Caesar, was?	11
What's the oldest known painting that was painted on a canvas?	6
What's a device/invention that has a history that goes far more back than the modern public might think it does?	5
What were some of the earliest explanations for why some birds (such as cockatoos, parakeets, mockingbirds, etc.) could talk, but other animals couldn't?	4
What legendary creatures have been thought up due to scientific misunderstandings?	3
How accurate is my understanding as to why the Gracchus brothers of Ancient Rome were assassinated?	3