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Since it seems like ear infections are really common, but easily treatable with antibiotics, is it safe to assume that in, say, the middle ages childhood deafness was very common?	408
Hirohito often gets lumped in with Hitler as an evil dictator in popular parlance, but to what degree can we actually lay the blame for Japanese atrocities like Nanking and Bataan on him?	392
In early 19th century Qing China, citizens had to take a series of exams to enter public service, which reportedly tested knowledge of Confucius. Do we know what was on these exams? Could I take it?	127
Apparently Woodrow Wilson passed the bar and went on to practice law entirely through self study. How did he do this, what did he study to prepare, and could one still do this today?	103
Was there ever an effort to quarantine German Americans or Nazi sympathizers in the US during WW2?	69
Why was Latvia able to hold out under Nazi control until after Germany officially surrendered? What kept the Soviets from occupying that area?	51
Is it actually true that no two democracies have ever made war against each other? (And follow-up questions.	41
In broad strokes, I go from seeing North Africa as dominated by Germanic Vandals starting in the 5th century to being dominated by Berber tribes after the 7th century. I don't know much about the inbetween years; were the Vandals still there when the Berbers became the more dominant group?	35
The movie "Conspiracy" portrays the Wannsee Conference as essentially an attempt to rubber stamp a plot already devised by the SS, which many attendees' only went along with after arm-wringing by Heydrich. Is this an accurate portrayal of the Conference?	35
Looking for a book recommendation regarding the "gunpowder empires".	20

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