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When Oman was a major maritime and mercantile power, where did they get the timber to build their ships?

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Has every Roman Catholic pope met his immediate predecessor? Do we know of any certain counterexamples?

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How were non-contiguous states administered in pre-modern Europe?

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Why did the UK government allow the Clinton administration to broker negotiations regarding Northern Ireland?

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Was there a period in the 19th century when Portugal was essentially governed from Brazil?

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Performance of "The Star Spangled Banner"

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When countries like Texas, Scotland, East Germany, South Yemen, the Baltic States (1940-1990) and Ethiopia (1936) ceased to be independent sovereign countries, what happened to their diplomats overseas? What about Soviet and Yugoslav diplomats- did they simply become Russian or Serbian diplomats?

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Were Wong Feihung, Huo Yuanjia, Chen Zhen and Fong Sai-yuk real people?

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Why didn't Nazi German annex the General Government area of post-conquest Poland?

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When Jesus and Pontus Pilate had their conversation (as reported in the Gospels), what language would they have used?

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When Oman was a major maritime and mercantile power, where did they get the timber to build their ships?	7
Has every Roman Catholic pope met his immediate predecessor? Do we know of any certain counterexamples?	7
How were non-contiguous states administered in pre-modern Europe?	6
Why did the UK government allow the Clinton administration to broker negotiations regarding Northern Ireland?	6
Was there a period in the 19th century when Portugal was essentially governed from Brazil?	6
Performance of "The Star Spangled Banner"	6
When countries like Texas, Scotland, East Germany, South Yemen, the Baltic States (1940-1990) and Ethiopia (1936) ceased to be independent sovereign countries, what happened to their diplomats overseas? What about Soviet and Yugoslav diplomats- did they simply become Russian or Serbian diplomats?	6
Were Wong Feihung, Huo Yuanjia, Chen Zhen and Fong Sai-yuk real people?	6
Why didn't Nazi German annex the General Government area of post-conquest Poland?	6
When Jesus and Pontus Pilate had their conversation (as reported in the Gospels), what language would they have used?	6