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in 1800 did the rulers of japan believe they were adequately well defended for the eventuality of an external force attacking the home islands? If "yes" how well founded was that belief? If "no" why were they content for the system as is to endure for more than another half century?	4
I saw a TV documentary once that said the Taj Mahal and mughal architecture in general is what India is famous for the British were repulsed by the sexualised statues on Hindu temples. is that true?	4
Guy in another sub-reddit told me that the US has had such a high military budget for the last several decades because if there were a war in East Asia its probable that the US could lose a large proportion of its troops & hardware to enemy attacks well in transit the pacific. Is that at all true?	4
You know how in a lot of scifi they have machines that can create 3D projections of objects that can be viewed from any angle (as opposed to a 2D projection that only allows one perspective). How far back does that concept go?	4
Suppose it's 1166 you asked an English lord why it's morally right that a peasant born with the innate intelligence to do so much more should be condemned to a life of menial labour? What answer would the most likely get?	4
Why didn't they just keep Bobby Sands and other Provisional IRA prisoners isolated from each other and outside contact so they couldn't arrange group protests?	4
There’s a bit in alt-history story I like, where Stalin orders his scientist to make a nuke in the next 18 months. When he’s told it'll need to be at least 4 years he threatens to have them all "liquidated" in 18 months if they have no bomb by then. Is that kind of decision in character for him?	4
Aside from Nixon, who actually did it, what's the closest any U.S. president has come to stepping down mid term?	4
in Sengoku period in 1514 were Samurai more likely be skilled martial artists than in the Edo period in 1714 when japan was more peaceful?	4
besides rice what foods would have made up a normal Japanese person's regular diet in 1714?	4

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