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Besides slavery, what were the main differences between the Confederate Constitution and the Northern one?

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Were there ever any Jewish nobility or royalty?

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Did Sigmund Freud take a strong position on the Nazis/Fascism?

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In "The Third World War" John Hackett predicted a Communist Jamaica by 1985. Was Communism in Jamaica ever considered a real possibility?

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Why is the US constitution only a few pages, but State constitutions look like they were written by James Joyce?

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In the Hunt For Red October, American and Russian Submarines communicate with one another in Morse code. Was it standard for the navies of the two powers to learn one anothers' languages/code systems?

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How did addresses evolve? When and where did people start naming and numbering streets?

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How hard would it actually be for a 1980s Soviet missile sub commander to defect?

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"I can remember exactly where I was standing and what I was doing on the day that JFK nearly killed me"--How much fiction is there in the camelot myth?

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How deliberate was the Stalin cult? Was there ever a meeting where someone said, "This personality cult is just the thing to improve agricultural production"...?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Besides slavery, what were the main differences between the Confederate Constitution and the Northern one?	102
Were there ever any Jewish nobility or royalty?	88
Did Sigmund Freud take a strong position on the Nazis/Fascism?	58
In "The Third World War" John Hackett predicted a Communist Jamaica by 1985. Was Communism in Jamaica ever considered a real possibility?	57
Why is the US constitution only a few pages, but State constitutions look like they were written by James Joyce?	40
In the Hunt For Red October, American and Russian Submarines communicate with one another in Morse code. Was it standard for the navies of the two powers to learn one anothers' languages/code systems?	35
How did addresses evolve? When and where did people start naming and numbering streets?	34
How hard would it actually be for a 1980s Soviet missile sub commander to defect?	33
"I can remember exactly where I was standing and what I was doing on the day that JFK nearly killed me"--How much fiction is there in the camelot myth?	31
How deliberate was the Stalin cult? Was there ever a meeting where someone said, "This personality cult is just the thing to improve agricultural production"...?	28