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Did the United States have a plan in place for the possibility of one or both of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan not detonating?	10
Were there any people in the Nazi party who tried to make the ideology more coherent and engage with some of the blatant contradictions in National Socialism?	9
What would being involved in a feud between two nobles entail?	7
What did peasants in the 12th-14th century in Europe think of the people higher up the social order than them? Did they think of them in a way similar to how some lower/middle class people view the rich today?	6
The Wikipedia article on Black Death include figures for the estimated total population lost. How do historians go about estimating the total world population at a given time?	6
How is it even physically possible that any German soldiers on the Eastern Front survived and were able to function during the Winter of 1941?	4
I am curious about the American military in the 1870s-80s. Did being in the military confer any advantages to veterans? Assuming they served on the western frontier would veterans go home or stay where they served after retiring?	3
How powerful was the Law in Europe during the high Middle Ages? What prevented people from just taking over each others land?	3
How likely would it be for a Roman legionary of the first and second century AD to actually participate in a large scale campaign and battle? Would the average legionary have actually fought a lot? Really how exciting was army life for most people in the Roman military?	3
In the Wikipedia article for the famous mercenary Götz Von Berlichingen it mentions him being involved in several “feuds.” What would go down during one of these feuds and what role would someone like Berlichingen play?	3

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