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I've been told that Oskar Schindler avoided prosecution after the war because of the letter all the Jews in his factory signed saying he saved them. Did the authorities make any attempt to authenticate the letter or did they just take it at face value?	5
Today terrorist attacks or even attempted terrorist attacks inevitable become major world news stories. In 1605 and 1606 would the Gunpowder Plot have been viewed as a major event by the people (not just the aristocracy) who lived England at the time?	5
When did the notion that a nuclear war could end civilisation become commonly accepted by most people in the US?	5
did the Minoans use swords in combat?	5
does the trope of snakes being manipulators come from the story of genesis?	5
did whether you were Zoroastrian or a Babylonian pagan effect your opportunities in the Persian empire (circa 480 BC)?	5
Is it true the climate was extremely dry all over the world from 2200bc to 2000bc?	5
There's a bit in HBO Rome where teenage Octavian/Augustus says to his sister that well he thinks there must be some "prime mover" it's ridicules to believe in gods that look like people and interfere in their lives. Is it plausible that Augustus privately believed something along those lines?	5
suppose you own/run a reasonably sized company in Japan before the war (like Nintendo, for example). how would the war affect your ability to operate? if you survived the war how would the american occupation affect your ability to operate?	5
if you were a common person in Rome, assuming you survived the event, how did the city being sacked actually affect you? what did it matter to you if the aristocratos had their gold or not?	5

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