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During the Vietnam War, did anyone try and open negotiations with Ho Chi Min and ask what exactly peace would require, and what the US would accept?

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Can anyone recommend a history of the Defense Intelligence Agency? There is a lot out there about the CIA and the FBI, and now the NSA, but very little about the DIA.

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Have people had the same level of promiscuity (relatively) throughout history, or has it ebbed and flowed depending on public morals?

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Did the Catholic Church ever disband orders of monks? And if so, why?

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Do we know when Alexander the Great's sarcophagus was lost?

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When televisions began selling in the 1930s until 1950, what programs were available?

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It seems that the Victorian Era distorted our view of history, especially of women. Is there evidence of this?

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Baring political reasons why certain practices were adopted, agriculturally why was SOviet collective farming inefficient at producing sufficient food for the Soviet Union?

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Why was Tsar Nicholas II so adamant against some sort of constitutional change and general modernization in Russia?

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Were there any instances of Irish soldiers or sailors invading the British mainland before the Norman invasion or not acting as mercenaries for some British lord or king?

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During the Vietnam War, did anyone try and open negotiations with Ho Chi Min and ask what exactly peace would require, and what the US would accept?	59
Can anyone recommend a history of the Defense Intelligence Agency? There is a lot out there about the CIA and the FBI, and now the NSA, but very little about the DIA.	51
Have people had the same level of promiscuity (relatively) throughout history, or has it ebbed and flowed depending on public morals?	51
Did the Catholic Church ever disband orders of monks? And if so, why?	51
Do we know when Alexander the Great's sarcophagus was lost?	48
When televisions began selling in the 1930s until 1950, what programs were available?	47
It seems that the Victorian Era distorted our view of history, especially of women. Is there evidence of this?	43
Baring political reasons why certain practices were adopted, agriculturally why was SOviet collective farming inefficient at producing sufficient food for the Soviet Union?	43
Why was Tsar Nicholas II so adamant against some sort of constitutional change and general modernization in Russia?	43
Were there any instances of Irish soldiers or sailors invading the British mainland before the Norman invasion or not acting as mercenaries for some British lord or king?	43