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How are titles of European nobility ranked? I.e. is a Duke higher than a Baron etc.

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Who exactly were the "Black Dutch"?

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What is the historiy of gangster-rap? Where the earliest people involved actual criminals?

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Heinrich Heines qoute "Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings." has a tragic relevance in Germany today, but was it warranted for it's time considering that it is roughly hundred years older than the Holocaust?

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What was life like in the International Zone of Tangier?

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Why did the concept of the Anti-Christ become associated with the Israelite tribe of Dan?

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The Tennō is often referred to as an emperor in translations. How comparable is the concept? Did Japan have kings, and would these be considered below the Tennō?

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Roman uniforms are often depicted being red, or even including red coats for the higher ranks. Wasn't red supposedly a very rare dye?

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Was Russia ever in danger of breaking into smaller states after/during the fall of the Soviet Union?

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Hitler had a pet dog named Blondie. Was this an intended reference to the “aryan ideal“ of blonde people, or did the name derive from somewhere else.

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How are titles of European nobility ranked? I.e. is a Duke higher than a Baron etc.	8
Who exactly were the "Black Dutch"?	8
What is the historiy of gangster-rap? Where the earliest people involved actual criminals?	8
Heinrich Heines qoute "Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings." has a tragic relevance in Germany today, but was it warranted for it's time considering that it is roughly hundred years older than the Holocaust?	7
What was life like in the International Zone of Tangier?	7
Why did the concept of the Anti-Christ become associated with the Israelite tribe of Dan?	7
The Tennō is often referred to as an emperor in translations. How comparable is the concept? Did Japan have kings, and would these be considered below the Tennō?	7
Roman uniforms are often depicted being red, or even including red coats for the higher ranks. Wasn't red supposedly a very rare dye?	7
Was Russia ever in danger of breaking into smaller states after/during the fall of the Soviet Union?	6
Hitler had a pet dog named Blondie. Was this an intended reference to the “aryan ideal“ of blonde people, or did the name derive from somewhere else.	6