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Exotic animals, especially elephants, were a fixture of “golden age” circuses around the turn-of-the-century. How would these animals have been captured, purchased and transported from their homes to the circuses? What were conditions like in transit? How many animals didn’t survive the trip?
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Did Denmark make any attempts to regain Schleswig-Holstein after World War II? If the answer is no, why not?
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To what extent, if any, did Louis Philippe maintain the trappings and traditions of the Ancien Regime monarchs?
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After their sinking of the Titanic, were there any proposals (implemented or otherwise) for better iceberg detection?
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According to Wikipedia, Naval Air Station Lakehurst began as a munitions-testing site for the Imperial Russian Army before being purchased by the USN. Why was the Imperial Russian Army testing munitions in New Jersey? Did other European powers have similar arrangements?
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Why did the shako usurp the tricorn hat's century-long reign as the default military headgear in Europe? And why didn't it enjoy the tricorn hat's popularity in civilian dress?
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The corpse of a pope was infamously exhumed and put on trial in 897; did it almost happen again in 1311?
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To what extent did enslaved Black Americans view emancipation in religious terms, and see President Lincoln acting on divine mandate?
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