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Is it true that Ethiopia is the only African country never to be colonized, and if so, what factors allowed it to escape colonization?

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When and how did The Nutcracker ballet become such a common and significant part of Christmas celebrations?

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In 1886 Ludwig II of Bavaria was declared insane by a doctor who had never met him. How common (if at all) was it in this time & place for diagnoses to be made without meeting the patient?

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Is it true that Ethiopia is the only African country never to be colonized, and if so, what factors allowed it to escape colonization?	52
When and how did The Nutcracker ballet become such a common and significant part of Christmas celebrations?	17
In 1886 Ludwig II of Bavaria was declared insane by a doctor who had never met him. How common (if at all) was it in this time & place for diagnoses to be made without meeting the patient?	4