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It seems that all Nazis sentenced to life in prison after the war were released by the 1960s, with the sole exception of Rudolf Hess, who was still incarcerated when he died in 1987. What reasons were given to not release Hess?

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Did abolitionists ever buy slaves to set them free immediately?

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Was Elizabeth I fluent in Spanish?

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JD Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" was named as an inspiration for three high profile murderers in the 1980s. Was this followed by a moral panic and attempts to ban the book?

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I hear often that Hitler's rise to power was made possible by "conservatives" who though they could control him. Why didn't these "conservatives" stage a coup against Hitler when he proved uncontrollable?

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I was told that there are Roma that do not buy the Indian origin hypothesis and even think it's offensive. Where do they believe their ancestors came from, if not India?

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Jim Jones and his wife left everything they owned to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Were their wills honored?

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How on Earth could Ireland go from less than 3 million people in the late 18th c, to more than 8 just before the Famine?

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What's the origin of the racist stereotype that black people like watermellon and fried chicken?

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At one point, the Byzantines owned a thin, but uninterrupted stretch of land from Rome to Ravenna, while their Lombards enemies had lands both north and south of it. How did this work?

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It seems that all Nazis sentenced to life in prison after the war were released by the 1960s, with the sole exception of Rudolf Hess, who was still incarcerated when he died in 1987. What reasons were given to not release Hess?	2986
Did abolitionists ever buy slaves to set them free immediately?	842
Was Elizabeth I fluent in Spanish?	641
JD Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" was named as an inspiration for three high profile murderers in the 1980s. Was this followed by a moral panic and attempts to ban the book?	273
I hear often that Hitler's rise to power was made possible by "conservatives" who though they could control him. Why didn't these "conservatives" stage a coup against Hitler when he proved uncontrollable?	260
I was told that there are Roma that do not buy the Indian origin hypothesis and even think it's offensive. Where do they believe their ancestors came from, if not India?	163
Jim Jones and his wife left everything they owned to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Were their wills honored?	121
How on Earth could Ireland go from less than 3 million people in the late 18th c, to more than 8 just before the Famine?	110
What's the origin of the racist stereotype that black people like watermellon and fried chicken?	106
At one point, the Byzantines owned a thin, but uninterrupted stretch of land from Rome to Ravenna, while their Lombards enemies had lands both north and south of it. How did this work?	101