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After WW2, the proportion of Russians in the Soviet Union decreased slowly but steadily with every census. Did it cause any concern in the Russian members of the leadership?	40
What was the reaction of the Communist parties of the world when the Soviets attacked Poland along with Nazi Germany in 1939? Did it have a similar effect to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956?	30
We always hear about the breathtaking features of the Great Pyramid of Giza, but what are the most obvious design and construction flaws?	28
How did medicine evolve in the 1229 year history of the Ancient Rome? Was a doctor from the late Empire a better healer with more knowledge than one from the Roman Kingdom?	19
Why have ports like the London Docks that were once the busiest ports in the world closed while seemingly there are more goods transported by ships than ever before?	17
I'm Sherlock Holmes and it's 1889. I'm hungry - what food do I keep at home?	16
I'm an educated person living in Europe in the Late Middle Ages. How much do I know about the history of the Roman Empire which was 1000 years ago?	14
The German tank ace, Otto Carius wrote in his book Tigers in the Mud about an incident when fighting in Germany, German civilians reported their ambush positions to the approaching Allied tanks. How frequent was this kind of collaboration between German civilians and the Allied forces in WW2?	9
Was there any attempt by the Celtic tribes to unify against the Anglo-Saxons / English later?	5
In WW2, Japan managed to buy blueprints for German tanks such as the Tiger, Panther, Panzer III N and J. Why didn't the German offer their own, arguably better-than-local designs to their closer allies e.g. Italy, Hungary or Romania who were capable of manufacturing at least the Panzer IV?	4

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