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In the months and years after the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, was any aid offered to Pompeii & Herculaneum? Did no one try to dig up and of the potential treasures buried there? How did these cities become forgotten for 1700 years?
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On their return trip the Polos asked the pope for 100 priests/learned men to bring to Xanadu to meet Kublai & potentially convert China to Christianity. Why did the pope only send 2 priests? Didn't he see the potential of the Khan's request?
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Does anyone know someone who lived through 'the Great Leap Forward'? I've read up on it on wiki and such but I would love to know more about it. does anyone know more info about it that won't be found through the regular channels?
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When phones became commonplace in homes & businesses how did phone companies expand from the nascent 3 digits to 4 & 5 numbers per phone number? If I had a 4 digit phone number & 5 digits came into use, did I just get a new phone number?
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Is Woodstock given too much credit as a society changing event? Is it being remembered nostalgically by the media & aged hippies as more than it really was? Or was it real turning point in the way of thinking at the time?
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Do we know anything about the Roman soldier who killed Archimedes? How soon after did he realize who he had killed? Was he punished for it?
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