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How did FDR get the funds for the surge of additional Executive Branch personnel to design the New Deal and staff its new 'Alphabet Soup' agencies?

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How did Richard III arrest Anthony Woodville and capture Edward V at Stony Stratford, when his forced were outnumbered?

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Without maps, did ancient civilizations before the Roman Empire also use itineraria-type documents listing roads and traveling instructions?

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Why aren't ambulance medics/EMTs in the US public employees of government agencies, like police and firefighters?

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Was the Persian Empire's focus on "blot out the sun"-scale archery designed to defeat nomadic steppe horse archer armies? Was this the most effective tactic to defeat Scythians and their steppe successors?

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Did Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great commit mass slaughter of civilians? In the Classical Era, did militaries follow this practice, or did they mostly leave civilians alone?

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When did Americans stop referring to Germans as "Dutch" and start calling them Germans? What motivated this change?

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How did ancient Mesopotamia's barley or grain-based system of exchange and finance function practically? Did people take barley with them to the market? Did barley risk becoming inedible from handling and lose its value?

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Why were Britain and France's colonization strategies and diplomatic relations towards Native Americans so radically different?

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Did the Iron Age Greeks' writing or myths reveal any memory of their common heritage with the Philistines? When Greeks interacted with the Philistines, did they note cultural similarities or connections?

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How did FDR get the funds for the surge of additional Executive Branch personnel to design the New Deal and staff its new 'Alphabet Soup' agencies?	4
How did Richard III arrest Anthony Woodville and capture Edward V at Stony Stratford, when his forced were outnumbered?	3
Without maps, did ancient civilizations before the Roman Empire also use itineraria-type documents listing roads and traveling instructions?	3
Why aren't ambulance medics/EMTs in the US public employees of government agencies, like police and firefighters?	3
Was the Persian Empire's focus on "blot out the sun"-scale archery designed to defeat nomadic steppe horse archer armies? Was this the most effective tactic to defeat Scythians and their steppe successors?	3
Did Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great commit mass slaughter of civilians? In the Classical Era, did militaries follow this practice, or did they mostly leave civilians alone?	3
When did Americans stop referring to Germans as "Dutch" and start calling them Germans? What motivated this change?	3
How did ancient Mesopotamia's barley or grain-based system of exchange and finance function practically? Did people take barley with them to the market? Did barley risk becoming inedible from handling and lose its value?	3
Why were Britain and France's colonization strategies and diplomatic relations towards Native Americans so radically different?	3
Did the Iron Age Greeks' writing or myths reveal any memory of their common heritage with the Philistines? When Greeks interacted with the Philistines, did they note cultural similarities or connections?	3