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Did the Soviet Union and the communist block have an equivalent of ARPANET/Internet? Like Communist Net or something like that?

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Did allied soldiers (particularly American) really “picked up” their wives from liberated countries ?

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If every kid in Sparta was to be a warrior and only a warrior, did Sparta have medics? Far,era? Other workers besides soldiers? Or did they import everything from Athens?

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When California joined the union, why was it kept that huge in comparison to the rest of the west coast?

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Did the Ancient Greeks really had a prototype for a steam machine that just wasn’t continued?

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West Berlin was west Germany enclave inside East Germany. Given it was entirely surrounded, and literally WALLED, its size was fixed and it really couldn’t grow. For practical purposes it was an island. Did that eventually caused problems in urban life? Did that cause higher housing prices?

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Did the founding fathers ever imagine the advanced weaponry the generations of the future might have when writing laws like the second amended and others? Was the advancement of technology ever considered?

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Why did the Nazis spend lots of resources to build and maintain concentration camps instead of just killing the “undesired population” in spot?

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When did it became common for presidents and heads of state to visit each other and attend conferences ?

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Was the Soviet Union part of SWIFT? If not, how did the USSR trade with the non communist states? Also, what was there before swift?

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Did the Soviet Union and the communist block have an equivalent of ARPANET/Internet? Like Communist Net or something like that?	14
Did allied soldiers (particularly American) really “picked up” their wives from liberated countries ?	13
If every kid in Sparta was to be a warrior and only a warrior, did Sparta have medics? Far,era? Other workers besides soldiers? Or did they import everything from Athens?	11
When California joined the union, why was it kept that huge in comparison to the rest of the west coast?	11
Did the Ancient Greeks really had a prototype for a steam machine that just wasn’t continued?	11
West Berlin was west Germany enclave inside East Germany. Given it was entirely surrounded, and literally WALLED, its size was fixed and it really couldn’t grow. For practical purposes it was an island. Did that eventually caused problems in urban life? Did that cause higher housing prices?	11
Did the founding fathers ever imagine the advanced weaponry the generations of the future might have when writing laws like the second amended and others? Was the advancement of technology ever considered?	11
Why did the Nazis spend lots of resources to build and maintain concentration camps instead of just killing the “undesired population” in spot?	11
When did it became common for presidents and heads of state to visit each other and attend conferences ?	10
Was the Soviet Union part of SWIFT? If not, how did the USSR trade with the non communist states? Also, what was there before swift?	10