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How was the personal relationship between George V and Wilhelm II after WWI?

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How did people who lived above the polar circle keep track of time in the long winter nights without prior knowledge of clocks?

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Why did Belgium 'only' get Eupen-Malmedy after the Versailles Treaty and not a (much) larger piece of the Rhine Province?

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After WWII, there were thousands of West-European War Brides who emigrated to the USA or the UK. Were there also War Brides in Eastern-Europe who married Soviet soldiers and went to live in the Soviet-Union? If so, how were they treated?

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In EP02 of Band of Brothers, Malarkey encounters a PoW who is a Volksdeutsche. He is German-American but his parents returned to Germany. Did Americans treat such PoW other than normal German PoW's? How was their fate after the war? And were there a lot of German-Americans who fought for Germany?

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What's the influence of Belgium on American culture?

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Did the Soviet-Union have any pre-Operation Barbarossa plans for an attack on Germany?

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A lot of old scientific (pre-1800) books were written in Latin. Does that mean that every scientist was fluent in Latin? Or did they have ghostwriters?

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When segregation in the US Armed Forces ended, how difficult was it for Afro-American officers to enforce discipline on white (Southeren) soldiers?

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Why is dairy (almost) never used in (South) East Asian cuisine?

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How was the personal relationship between George V and Wilhelm II after WWI?	13
How did people who lived above the polar circle keep track of time in the long winter nights without prior knowledge of clocks?	12
Why did Belgium 'only' get Eupen-Malmedy after the Versailles Treaty and not a (much) larger piece of the Rhine Province?	10
After WWII, there were thousands of West-European War Brides who emigrated to the USA or the UK. Were there also War Brides in Eastern-Europe who married Soviet soldiers and went to live in the Soviet-Union? If so, how were they treated?	6
In EP02 of Band of Brothers, Malarkey encounters a PoW who is a Volksdeutsche. He is German-American but his parents returned to Germany. Did Americans treat such PoW other than normal German PoW's? How was their fate after the war? And were there a lot of German-Americans who fought for Germany?	5
What's the influence of Belgium on American culture?	5
Did the Soviet-Union have any pre-Operation Barbarossa plans for an attack on Germany?	5
A lot of old scientific (pre-1800) books were written in Latin. Does that mean that every scientist was fluent in Latin? Or did they have ghostwriters?	5
When segregation in the US Armed Forces ended, how difficult was it for Afro-American officers to enforce discipline on white (Southeren) soldiers?	4
Why is dairy (almost) never used in (South) East Asian cuisine?	2