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Was Boris Yeltsin an alcoholic? Did alcohol use ever impair his judgment while he was serving as Russia's president?

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Was Jesus a Kohan? Is there any particular tradition that He was, or wasn't?

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Language of Hirohito's surrender speech

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In the 1980s, would landmark buildings in Moscow have been illuminated at night?

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What was the court language of Kublai Khan? Assuming for the moment that Marco Polo's account was broadly true, what language would he have used to speak to the Khan and other court members?

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Why are the tombs of so many Roman Catholic popes _not_ located in St. Peter's Basilica?

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When the US annexed the Mexican Cession, what happened to the citizenship of the local inhabitants, and what happened to political subdivisions, municipal governments, and so forth?

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When the UK and France partitioned The Ottoman Levant, why was the boundary between the British and French zones placed where it was? If the French intended to take the areas with Mediterranean maritime access, why did the UK get Palestine/Transjordan?

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What happened to the massive fortune of the Nizam of Hyderabad?

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Why didn't the Republic of China hold onto Hainan Island? Did they try?

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Was Boris Yeltsin an alcoholic? Did alcohol use ever impair his judgment while he was serving as Russia's president?	3	AskHistorians
Was Jesus a Kohan? Is there any particular tradition that He was, or wasn't?	3	AskHistorians
Language of Hirohito's surrender speech	3	AskHistorians
In the 1980s, would landmark buildings in Moscow have been illuminated at night?	3	AskHistorians
What was the court language of Kublai Khan? Assuming for the moment that Marco Polo's account was broadly true, what language would he have used to speak to the Khan and other court members?	3	AskHistorians
Why are the tombs of so many Roman Catholic popes _not_ located in St. Peter's Basilica?	3	AskHistorians
When the US annexed the Mexican Cession, what happened to the citizenship of the local inhabitants, and what happened to political subdivisions, municipal governments, and so forth?	3	AskHistorians
When the UK and France partitioned The Ottoman Levant, why was the boundary between the British and French zones placed where it was? If the French intended to take the areas with Mediterranean maritime access, why did the UK get Palestine/Transjordan?	3	AskHistorians
What happened to the massive fortune of the Nizam of Hyderabad?	3	AskHistorians
Why didn't the Republic of China hold onto Hainan Island? Did they try?	3	AskHistorians