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Bela III of Hungary was to succeed Manuel I Komnenos as Byzantine Emperor until the birth of Alexios II in 1169. Bela was set aside due in part to a prophecy refered to as the "AIMA ("blood" in Greek) prophecy". Where did this "prophecy" originate, and what did it predict?
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Between 1959-90s much of Western Europe suffered domestic terrorism (e.g., the Troubles in UK/Ireland, Italian Years of Lead, Basque seperatists in Spain, RAF in West Germany). However, one notable exception appears to be France, which suffered international terrorism instead. Why the difference?
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How much does Charles the Bold's Burgundian State count as a state in modern, Westphalian terms, versus a personal union such as the Angevin "Empire" or Croatia and Hungary in the Middle Ages?
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Why does the prion associated with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy cause vCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease, yet the prions associated with Scrapie in sheep and Chronic Wasting Disease in deer appear to noninfectious to humans? Shouldn't they also cause vCJD?
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Did Han Dynasty Chinese know of the history and figures of the Mediterranean civilizations and empires, and vice versa?
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In the Red Dead video game series, if the player is wanted, they can remove this status by paying the bounty on them. Was this possible in the real life West, or is it only a gameplay feature?
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Why is the Japanese epic the Tale of the Heike (Heike Monogatari) in the West relatively unknown in comparison to the Tale of Genji?
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In 1916, the US government attempted to remove caffeine from Coca-Cola; however, instead of directly suing the company, they sued a seized shipment of 'Forty Barrels & Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola'. What was the government's reason for this odd lawsuit filing?
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What was the reaction of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and other Civil Rights leaders to the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
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