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The top 3 serial killers with the most confirmed kill counts were all Colombians, although they were active in different periods. Was there any socioeconomical or cultural explanation to this?	2107
When Hitler was a homeless artist in Vienna, how did he afford becoming a regular at Cafe Central, where rich people like Freud also hung out? Or was the Cafe much more affordable than I imagine?	968
I was watching Burns' "The Vietnam War," which featured a lot of recorded private conversations of LBJ. In some of them he expressed his insecurities, which could surely damage his public image if somehow released or leaked back then. Who made those recordings? Why? Does the practice still continue?	400
It's Jan 1945 and I'm a Berlin civilian convinced that the war was lost. What do I do and where do I go?	169
In "The Crown," the politicians and courtiers immediately recognized the Suez Crisis as a turning point of UK history and talked of a "post-Suez," new Britain. Was the Suez Crisis such an immediately recognized watershed moment? Or did the Crisis had different evaluations as times go by?	109
Did the Roman Senate actually have ~300 and up to 900 senators?	103
Are there any credit to the theory that China's preference of porcelain over glass led to a decline in scientific development?	27
During wartime, did military factories continue to operate at night and on Sundays? If so, did overworked workers get compensated, or did they endure it out of a sense of duty?	7
How was the no-meat policy of pre-Meiji Japan enforced? Especially for royals, the rich, the Dutch, and during famines.	5
Why did the Royal Navy decide to support the Pitcairners, despite its mutinous and murderous history?	4

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