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I just learned that there is a word in my native language for a type of tax that the Ottomans used to collect from people based on how big the size of their buttocks were. Did a tax like this exist in the Ottoman Empire?

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Did The Tang Dynasty sent troops to aid the Byzantine Empire in repelling the First Arab Siege of Constantinople (674-678)?

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Were the Mongols, specifically Genghis Khan, aware of the existence of the pyramids of Egypt?

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Are international treaties valid only for 100 years?

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I just learned that there is a word in my native language for a type of tax that the Ottomans used to collect from people based on how big the size of their buttocks were. Did a tax like this exist in the Ottoman Empire?	1328
Did The Tang Dynasty sent troops to aid the Byzantine Empire in repelling the First Arab Siege of Constantinople (674-678)?	16
Were the Mongols, specifically Genghis Khan, aware of the existence of the pyramids of Egypt?	13
Are international treaties valid only for 100 years?	1