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Why hasn't the United States adopted the Metric System to date?

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What role did Japanese soldiers play in the Indonesian War of Independence?

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How would the Germans even know that Patton was in charge of the fake Calais landing army?

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In the century or so prior to Edward I's subjugation of Wales in the late 13th century, how did English and Welsh military organization and training compare?

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Why don’t we say Leif Erikson discovered the Americas?

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Was there ever high level discussion, after succession and leading up to the outbreak of the US Civil War, of detaining Army officers who were still in Union controlled areas, or West Point cadets, who had expressed a desire to fight for the Confederacy?

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How widespread was the Arabic language both immediately prior to, and then during the beginning of Islam, and how did Islam then influence its spread?

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Has An Italian-American organized crime family ever had a protracted war with a non-Italian-American organized criminal enterprise? What was the outcome?

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Was there any thought or serious effort put into evacuating the legitimate French government to Algeria, the UK, etc; similar to the way in which the Norwegian government was evacuated?

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Did pre-Christian anti-Semitism play into Nero’s (or other emperors’) persecution of Christians?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why hasn't the United States adopted the Metric System to date?	3
What role did Japanese soldiers play in the Indonesian War of Independence?	3
How would the Germans even know that Patton was in charge of the fake Calais landing army?	3
In the century or so prior to Edward I's subjugation of Wales in the late 13th century, how did English and Welsh military organization and training compare?	3
Why don’t we say Leif Erikson discovered the Americas?	3
Was there ever high level discussion, after succession and leading up to the outbreak of the US Civil War, of detaining Army officers who were still in Union controlled areas, or West Point cadets, who had expressed a desire to fight for the Confederacy?	3
How widespread was the Arabic language both immediately prior to, and then during the beginning of Islam, and how did Islam then influence its spread?	2
Has An Italian-American organized crime family ever had a protracted war with a non-Italian-American organized criminal enterprise? What was the outcome?	2
Was there any thought or serious effort put into evacuating the legitimate French government to Algeria, the UK, etc; similar to the way in which the Norwegian government was evacuated?	2
Did pre-Christian anti-Semitism play into Nero’s (or other emperors’) persecution of Christians?	2