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At the end of HBO's "John Adams" series, John Adams (played by Paul Giamatti) states that he's afraid the actual history of the American revolution has been lost. Have we re-gained it or are there portions of it historians completely disagree on?

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When (and why) did middle names become commonplace in the West?

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Would it have been possible, given the time period, for a black and a white prisoner to have the relationship Andy Dufresne and Red have in Shawshank Redemption?

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What evidence is there to support the amount of mass suicides by Japanese soldiers in WW2 as seen in Letters from Iwo Jima?

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At the end of HBO's "John Adams" series, John Adams (played by Paul Giamatti) states that he's afraid the actual history of the American revolution has been lost. Have we re-gained it or are there portions of it historians completely disagree on?	204
When (and why) did middle names become commonplace in the West?	39
Would it have been possible, given the time period, for a black and a white prisoner to have the relationship Andy Dufresne and Red have in Shawshank Redemption?	11
What evidence is there to support the amount of mass suicides by Japanese soldiers in WW2 as seen in Letters from Iwo Jima?	0