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Is there evidence to suggest that PTSD and similar stress conditions lead to male social behaviour in the 1950s?

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Why was Mozart so financially unsuccessful in his life? Was it poor money management, or is there evidence that the court and music establishment of Vienna did their best to make sure that his operas and other works did not become popular?

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Why was Coors Beer not allowed to be sold east of the Mississippi in the 1970s?

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Did the IRA in 1919-1922 use the same indiscriminate tactics as the IRA in the 1970s and 1980s?

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A lot of Western scholars through the years have been very pro-Graeco Roman civilization. Are there any academics/historians who were more critical of Rome?

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Before modern coffee machines and instant coffee, how did they make coffee? Use tea strainers?

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Are there any non-Greek accounts of the Persian Empire, from a third party?

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What, if any, repressive measures did the English take against the Welsh and their culture?

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Ireland and Scotland had strong clan systems from the Dark Ages until the Modern Age. Was this common in other European countries from 500 - 1746?

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The KGB had a 16th Directorate that handles signals intelligence. What were the other 15?

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Is there evidence to suggest that PTSD and similar stress conditions lead to male social behaviour in the 1950s?	72
Why was Mozart so financially unsuccessful in his life? Was it poor money management, or is there evidence that the court and music establishment of Vienna did their best to make sure that his operas and other works did not become popular?	71
Why was Coors Beer not allowed to be sold east of the Mississippi in the 1970s?	68
Did the IRA in 1919-1922 use the same indiscriminate tactics as the IRA in the 1970s and 1980s?	67
A lot of Western scholars through the years have been very pro-Graeco Roman civilization. Are there any academics/historians who were more critical of Rome?	66
Before modern coffee machines and instant coffee, how did they make coffee? Use tea strainers?	65
Are there any non-Greek accounts of the Persian Empire, from a third party?	64
What, if any, repressive measures did the English take against the Welsh and their culture?	64
Ireland and Scotland had strong clan systems from the Dark Ages until the Modern Age. Was this common in other European countries from 500 - 1746?	61
The KGB had a 16th Directorate that handles signals intelligence. What were the other 15?	60