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Why is it that when Louis XVI was executed other European monarchies attempted to suppress the French revolution but when Charles I was executed, 2 centuries prior at that, England was left to its own devices?

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Could the US have won the war of independence without french help?

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I've heard the worst destiny for a slave in the ancient world was not the arena but the mines, is it true?

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How come Argentinians speak Spanish when around 60% of the population is of Italian origin?

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Do Djinn legends predate islam? If so did they survive the conversion to islam in some form?

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After the Roman empire fell, what did people in Britain think Hadrian's wall was? Where they aware of who built it or why it was built? Did people outside Britain know about it?

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During WWII what piece of foreign equipment or weapons platform impressed the american military in testing, if there were any?

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In "Kalends of February" the twelfth episode of the first season of the television series Rome Caesar invites the defeated Gaulish leaders to join the senate to the shock of Cicero and other senators, did this really happen?

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How come China never fell under the USSR influence after WWII?

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Why is there a tendency to view the conquest of the Americas through a modern lens of morals but we ignore the immoral (by our standards) implications of the Roman, or any other empire that did a similar degree of conquest and enslavement of a multitude of people?

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Why is it that when Louis XVI was executed other European monarchies attempted to suppress the French revolution but when Charles I was executed, 2 centuries prior at that, England was left to its own devices?	2576
Could the US have won the war of independence without french help?	1913
I've heard the worst destiny for a slave in the ancient world was not the arena but the mines, is it true?	316
How come Argentinians speak Spanish when around 60% of the population is of Italian origin?	109
Do Djinn legends predate islam? If so did they survive the conversion to islam in some form?	102
After the Roman empire fell, what did people in Britain think Hadrian's wall was? Where they aware of who built it or why it was built? Did people outside Britain know about it?	80
During WWII what piece of foreign equipment or weapons platform impressed the american military in testing, if there were any?	79
In "Kalends of February" the twelfth episode of the first season of the television series Rome Caesar invites the defeated Gaulish leaders to join the senate to the shock of Cicero and other senators, did this really happen?	61
How come China never fell under the USSR influence after WWII?	46
Why is there a tendency to view the conquest of the Americas through a modern lens of morals but we ignore the immoral (by our standards) implications of the Roman, or any other empire that did a similar degree of conquest and enslavement of a multitude of people?	39