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Why was Aum Shinrikyo not illegalized in Japan after the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in 1995?

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Why was Islam more successful crossing the Caucasus from the east than from the west?

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Besides Solomon Northup, is the fate of other people portrayed in '12 Years a Slave' known?

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What are some good books on European/Mediterranean/Middle East Protohistory, Mesolithic to Bronze in particular?

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Did Denmark ever try to expand into the unoccupied Canadian Arctic, once it reasserted sovereignty over Greenland?

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Why are the natives of Baja California (e.g. Pericúes) and Fuegians/Patagonians considered remnants of the first human peopling of the Americas?

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An entry in Imdb's goofs section says that the folding chair was invented by Thomas Jefferson. Was it?

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Why did Napoleon create a Duchy of Warsaw in personal union with Saxony, rather than a Republic or Kingdom of Poland directly allied to France?

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What arguments did the Abbasids use to justify the overthrowing and massacre of the Umayyads?

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Why did the flag of the KwaZulu bantustan during Apartheid include the black, green and yellow tricolor of the anti-Apartheid African National Congress? Was it deliberate or a coincidence?

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Why was Aum Shinrikyo not illegalized in Japan after the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in 1995?	13
Why was Islam more successful crossing the Caucasus from the east than from the west?	12
Besides Solomon Northup, is the fate of other people portrayed in '12 Years a Slave' known?	12
What are some good books on European/Mediterranean/Middle East Protohistory, Mesolithic to Bronze in particular?	11
Did Denmark ever try to expand into the unoccupied Canadian Arctic, once it reasserted sovereignty over Greenland?	11
Why are the natives of Baja California (e.g. Pericúes) and Fuegians/Patagonians considered remnants of the first human peopling of the Americas?	11
An entry in Imdb's goofs section says that the folding chair was invented by Thomas Jefferson. Was it?	10
Why did Napoleon create a Duchy of Warsaw in personal union with Saxony, rather than a Republic or Kingdom of Poland directly allied to France?	9
What arguments did the Abbasids use to justify the overthrowing and massacre of the Umayyads?	8
Why did the flag of the KwaZulu bantustan during Apartheid include the black, green and yellow tricolor of the anti-Apartheid African National Congress? Was it deliberate or a coincidence?	7