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Did the Royal Navy offer prize money for any slave ships the Royal Navy confiscated in the 19th Century?

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Why did French generals in the late 19th and up to mid-20th Century France come up in French politics so much?

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Why did the Victorians were sexually and culturally repressive, or at least have the reputation for being so?

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WHy did the League of Nations pick Danzig (Gdansk) for the Polish Corridor instead of someplace like Konigsberg or Tilset?

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How did news clipping files work?

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Before matches were invented, how did people start fires in their houses or light candles first thing? Flint and steel?

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In Confucian societies of Korea, China and elsewhere what was the relation between students learning the Confucian texts and work as a civil servant?

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In British history a number of the dynasties were either French (the Plantagenets), Danish, German, or Scottish. Were there any English Kings of England? Where the Tudors more English than the rest of them?

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How historically accurate is the portrayal of Japanese society in James Clavell's Shogun?

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What training did Victorian police constables and detectives get? Was it like the Army? The playground for someone who had means?

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Did the Royal Navy offer prize money for any slave ships the Royal Navy confiscated in the 19th Century?	8
Why did French generals in the late 19th and up to mid-20th Century France come up in French politics so much?	8
Why did the Victorians were sexually and culturally repressive, or at least have the reputation for being so?	8
WHy did the League of Nations pick Danzig (Gdansk) for the Polish Corridor instead of someplace like Konigsberg or Tilset?	8
How did news clipping files work?	7
Before matches were invented, how did people start fires in their houses or light candles first thing? Flint and steel?	7
In Confucian societies of Korea, China and elsewhere what was the relation between students learning the Confucian texts and work as a civil servant?	7
In British history a number of the dynasties were either French (the Plantagenets), Danish, German, or Scottish. Were there any English Kings of England? Where the Tudors more English than the rest of them?	7
How historically accurate is the portrayal of Japanese society in James Clavell's Shogun?	7
What training did Victorian police constables and detectives get? Was it like the Army? The playground for someone who had means?	7