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How much (if any) archaeological evidence exists to suggest that St. Thomas visited India?

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How could the US finance both the Vietnam War and the Space Program in the 1960s?

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Did the Soviet Union have normal town and city police in addition to the NKVD?

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What did the Nazis di with the hair of female gas chamber victims?

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Is there any evidence that The Prince was intended as satire or an admonishment, and not as a set of instructions or a guide to political life?

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In Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3, Gloucester boasts that he could "set the murderous Machiavel to school." How familiar were Elizabethan audiences with Machiavelli? Would they have noticed the anachronism?

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What happened to people in Germany who were "De-Housed" during Allied bombing?

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As an Entente Power, did Japan have a role in the peace negotiations of 1918?

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In the film Mary Queen of Scots, there's a black guy and an Asian woman as part of Mary's retinue. I understand that there were some Moors in England during the time, but were there East Asians also?

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How did freed slaves prove their status?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How much (if any) archaeological evidence exists to suggest that St. Thomas visited India?	10
How could the US finance both the Vietnam War and the Space Program in the 1960s?	8
Did the Soviet Union have normal town and city police in addition to the NKVD?	8
What did the Nazis di with the hair of female gas chamber victims?	7
Is there any evidence that The Prince was intended as satire or an admonishment, and not as a set of instructions or a guide to political life?	7
In Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3, Gloucester boasts that he could "set the murderous Machiavel to school." How familiar were Elizabethan audiences with Machiavelli? Would they have noticed the anachronism?	6
What happened to people in Germany who were "De-Housed" during Allied bombing?	5
As an Entente Power, did Japan have a role in the peace negotiations of 1918?	5
In the film Mary Queen of Scots, there's a black guy and an Asian woman as part of Mary's retinue. I understand that there were some Moors in England during the time, but were there East Asians also?	4
How did freed slaves prove their status?	4