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How did Spain manage to go from being the richest state in Europe during the first half of the XVI century to declaring bankruptcy multiple times in 1557, 1560, 1576, 1590 ?	2198
How did the French people react to Napoleon's coronation in 1804 considering the fact that they single handedly overthrew their monarchy 12 years prior? Wasn't the monarchy viewed as a symbol of tyranny and despotism?	31
After the Reichstag fire and subsequent Leipzig trial of 1933, five Comintern operatives were indicted. Only one was found guilty and sentenced to death, the remaining four were acquitted due to lack of evidence of their involvement. Why weren't they found guilty?	29
Did the Vikings bring with them diseases that were unknown to the New World?	24
How did the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires become allies in WW1 after being arch-enemies for over 400 years prior?	23
Why didn't the British and German high command court-martial any of the soldiers that participated in the Christmas truce on the Western front in WW1?	15
How did trepanation become a common surgical intervention throughout ancient world long before the invention of modern medicine and surgeries, and how did numerous civilizations adopt this technique? Did it actually have any effect?	12
Why didn't the Ptolemaic monarchs of the Hellenistic period have genetic health problems caused by the inbreeding of brothers and sisters, when compared to other rulers ?	11
American military analyst Col. Trevor Dupuy states that "German soldiers consistently inflicted more casualties , be it when attacking or defending " leading to the conclusion that the German army outperformed the Western Allies. How true is this? Were the Germans superior when it comes to quality?	8
How did Liechtenstein manage to stay independent in WW2 given the fact that it disbanded its army in 1868 and was bordering Nazi Germany?	7

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