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Why did the soviets gave up trying to go to the moon after the Americans successfully did? They would have been second place but it’s better than nothing, so why didn’t they tried after the US?

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Why weren’t the “Pepsi man” ads aired in the US?

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Economically and logistically speaking, what was the point of genocide in horrible events like the Holocaust or the Armenian Genocide

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In WWII, did every young man in the US offered as a volunteer? Was it socially bad if a young man decided to NOT offer?

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Did the US really buy Alaska just to piss off the British and the Canadians?

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Was the possibility of a nuke common knowledge before project manhattan? Or was it totally discovered by project manhattan?

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Was Gorbachev responsible for the dissolution of the Soviet Union? Or was it “obvious” in the sense it was gonna fall anyways? He is the one who appeared on tv when it stoped existing, but was he “the architect” of the dissolution? Or was it gonna happen anyways?

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Is it valid to compare the witch hunts and trails to the red scare?

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Why did the Spanish colonists have children with the native civilizations in their colonies and allowed a mixture in society, but the British and other European powers did not?

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How did the Chinese Communist Party managed to survive and remain in power after the fall of the Soviet Union?

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Why did the soviets gave up trying to go to the moon after the Americans successfully did? They would have been second place but it’s better than nothing, so why didn’t they tried after the US?	3
Why weren’t the “Pepsi man” ads aired in the US?	3
Economically and logistically speaking, what was the point of genocide in horrible events like the Holocaust or the Armenian Genocide	3
In WWII, did every young man in the US offered as a volunteer? Was it socially bad if a young man decided to NOT offer?	3
Did the US really buy Alaska just to piss off the British and the Canadians?	3
Was the possibility of a nuke common knowledge before project manhattan? Or was it totally discovered by project manhattan?	3
Was Gorbachev responsible for the dissolution of the Soviet Union? Or was it “obvious” in the sense it was gonna fall anyways? He is the one who appeared on tv when it stoped existing, but was he “the architect” of the dissolution? Or was it gonna happen anyways?	3
Is it valid to compare the witch hunts and trails to the red scare?	3
Why did the Spanish colonists have children with the native civilizations in their colonies and allowed a mixture in society, but the British and other European powers did not?	3
How did the Chinese Communist Party managed to survive and remain in power after the fall of the Soviet Union?	3