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Why did the British separate the colony of Burma from British India in 1937?

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Why did the northern parts of Borneo join Malaysia in the 1960s rather than Indonesia?

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How were cultures such as Ancient Egypt able to practice intermarriage between siblings without families quickly going extinct from inbreeding?

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Why did Christianity become extinct in northern Africa west of Egypt when pockets survived elsewhere in the Islamic world?

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How did left-handed people handle blackpowder guns?

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How realistic or plausible was the Confederacy's hope that Britain or France would militarily intervene on their behalf?

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Were there ever any conspiracy theories spread about a "coverup" regarding Lincoln's assassination? Or even Garfield or McKinley?

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What was the relationship between the Confederate government and pro-Confederate Native American groups?

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What exactly did Greco-Roman sources mean when they talked about a foreign people having a temple to Zeus, Mars etc?

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Do we know anything about Jewish soldiers during the Crusades?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the British separate the colony of Burma from British India in 1937?	5
Why did the northern parts of Borneo join Malaysia in the 1960s rather than Indonesia?	5
How were cultures such as Ancient Egypt able to practice intermarriage between siblings without families quickly going extinct from inbreeding?	5
Why did Christianity become extinct in northern Africa west of Egypt when pockets survived elsewhere in the Islamic world?	5
How did left-handed people handle blackpowder guns?	4
How realistic or plausible was the Confederacy's hope that Britain or France would militarily intervene on their behalf?	4
Were there ever any conspiracy theories spread about a "coverup" regarding Lincoln's assassination? Or even Garfield or McKinley?	4
What was the relationship between the Confederate government and pro-Confederate Native American groups?	4
What exactly did Greco-Roman sources mean when they talked about a foreign people having a temple to Zeus, Mars etc?	4
Do we know anything about Jewish soldiers during the Crusades?	3