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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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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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[WP] It was one of the more unlikely realities of their work, but even covert operatives need a support group. Everyone wearing ski masks and gloves helps, as Spies Anonymous needs to keep anonymous from each other, but they all need somewhere to vent. "Hello, my name is Smith." "Hello Smith."

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The Beastmaster (1982) [360p]

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[WP] You're an immortal, and while in a university library you start writing in your first language in your notebook. A linguistics scholar at the next table notices the “gibberish”—they have been trying to decipher that language for twenty years! They sit down at your table and start talking to you

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

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

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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?	61	AskHistorians
The KGB had a 16th Directorate that handles signals intelligence. What were the other 15?	60	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
[WP] It was one of the more unlikely realities of their work, but even covert operatives need a support group. Everyone wearing ski masks and gloves helps, as Spies Anonymous needs to keep anonymous from each other, but they all need somewhere to vent. "Hello, my name is Smith." "Hello Smith."	59	WritingPrompts
The Beastmaster (1982) [360p]	57	fullmoviesonyoutube
[WP] You're an immortal, and while in a university library you start writing in your first language in your notebook. A linguistics scholar at the next table notices the “gibberish”—they have been trying to decipher that language for twenty years! They sit down at your table and start talking to you	55	WritingPrompts
Did the Catholic Church ever disband orders of monks? And if so, why?	51	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
Have people had the same level of promiscuity (relatively) throughout history, or has it ebbed and flowed depending on public morals?	51	AskHistorians
Do we know when Alexander the Great's sarcophagus was lost?	48	AskHistorians