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In 1922 France demanded the extradition of Hermann Goering (then a ww1 ace) as war criminal. What was his crime?
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Why does John Milton's English sound almost modern whereas people who lived 50 years earlier (Shakespeare, Spenser, Bacon) are incoherent at time?
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Caesar seems to have no qualms about the massacres his troops do to his enemies. Do any pre-enlightenment writers show compassion to their foes or their foes' civilians?
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According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (1842) article on "Electricity" king Wolimer of the Goths was able to emit sparks from his body. Who was this king Wolimer of the Goths?
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How did Mexico react to massive Anglo immigration waves to Texas before it's violent secession in the 1830s? Did it tighten the border thereafter?
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After the Sino-Soviet split (ideologically over the issue of Stalinism), Nixon sided with Mao (and Hoxha and Pol Pot). Has there been any opposition amongst American conservatives or liberals preferring to side, instead, with the more moderate USSR?
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Stalin studied in a Theological Seminary in the capital of Georgia. Did he ever put his formal education as a clergyman to any use?
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