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What was the difference between the Napoleonic French skirmish infantry units called tirailleurs, chasseurs, voltigeurs, and flanquers?

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What happened to all of America’s Gilded-Age urban amusement parks?

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Who were the Desert Fathers? What was their impact on early Christianity? What happened to them and the desert monastic movement?

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How did Jewish-Americans become associated with progressive liberal politics?

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In the Prose Edda, why did Odin kick the dwarf Litr onto Thor's funeral pyre?

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How did Baptists become such a dominant denomination in the American South?

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How did the apostle Paul die?

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How did patent medicines and other quackery impact the development of medicine as a professional and scientific discipline?

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Do we know what happened during the two-hour “pause” in the middle of the US-NK Armistice Negotiations during the Korean War?

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What was the Soviet Union’s plan for Spain if the Civil War had gone in their favor? How much control did they expect to have in the post-war state?

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What was the difference between the Napoleonic French skirmish infantry units called tirailleurs, chasseurs, voltigeurs, and flanquers?	28
What happened to all of America’s Gilded-Age urban amusement parks?	27
Who were the Desert Fathers? What was their impact on early Christianity? What happened to them and the desert monastic movement?	27
How did Jewish-Americans become associated with progressive liberal politics?	26
In the Prose Edda, why did Odin kick the dwarf Litr onto Thor's funeral pyre?	26
How did Baptists become such a dominant denomination in the American South?	24
How did the apostle Paul die?	23
How did patent medicines and other quackery impact the development of medicine as a professional and scientific discipline?	22
Do we know what happened during the two-hour “pause” in the middle of the US-NK Armistice Negotiations during the Korean War?	22
What was the Soviet Union’s plan for Spain if the Civil War had gone in their favor? How much control did they expect to have in the post-war state?	21