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How did Scottish clans from the 12th to 14th actually work?	738
In the postwar American rocket program, was there ever a period, due to sheer numbers and quality of German scientists, when German was the de facto language within the program (research papers and such)?	617
As a Westerner, I have tended to think about German reunification as the "real" or "main" Germany bringing the prodigal son in from the cold, so to speak. How did the majority of East Germans perceive reunification?	536
Per Russell Brand's stand-up; did Gandhi let his wife die by relying on Vedic medicine, and then, himself, accept Western medical treatment when he came down with a similar ailment?	165
Do contemporary historians operate under the assumption that their published works, and some of their conclusions are going to come across as anachronistic, or 'dated,' at some point in the not too distant future?	63
How many Union soldiers and/or units came from the Confederate states during the U.S. Civil War, and how were they received by the Union army and the public at large?	62
Why is the King James Bible so much easier to read than most of Shakespeare's work when they were basically written (or in the Bible's case, translated) contemporaneously?	61
Why did Belgium and the Netherlands split in 1830, and when they did, why did Flanders go with Belgium?	46
Why do many historical references suggest Sparta never caved to Macedonian hegemony in the area when they were actually forced to join the League of Corinth after the battle of Megalopolis?	37
Are there any known instances where captives on trans-Atlantic slave ships successfully mutinied and returned to Africa?	37

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