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In a Horrible Histories song, King George I of Britain claims "ladies all swooned before me, they would do anything for me, or I'd have their husbands killed." Is there anything to back this up? Would the King even have that authority, since Britain at that time was a constitutional monarchy?

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150 years ago the Democrats were largely Conservative, and the Republicans largely liberal; how have the two parties developed over time to their present ideologies?

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Why did the Imperial Japanese have so many separate puppet states in China?

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Did Vice President Charles Curtis ever face significant hurdles for being half Native American?

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My old history professor said that Napoleon's wife Josephine had African ancestry. Is this true?

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How did National Identities develop in South America?

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When did science accurately know what clouds were? What were older theories saying about clouds?

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Prince Franz Xavier of Saxony secretly married a noblewoman, and had 8 children with her before there marriage went public 12 years after the fact. How did the Kings brother manage to have a secret marriage and family for so long?

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Can I find a list of U.S. States by their population when they became a state?

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When the US were teaching people Duck and Cover drills, were the Soviets or other countries doing the same?

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In a Horrible Histories song, King George I of Britain claims "ladies all swooned before me, they would do anything for me, or I'd have their husbands killed." Is there anything to back this up? Would the King even have that authority, since Britain at that time was a constitutional monarchy?	6	AskHistorians
150 years ago the Democrats were largely Conservative, and the Republicans largely liberal; how have the two parties developed over time to their present ideologies?	5	AskHistorians
Why did the Imperial Japanese have so many separate puppet states in China?	5	AskHistorians
Did Vice President Charles Curtis ever face significant hurdles for being half Native American?	5	AskHistorians
My old history professor said that Napoleon's wife Josephine had African ancestry. Is this true?	5	AskHistorians
How did National Identities develop in South America?	5	AskHistorians
When did science accurately know what clouds were? What were older theories saying about clouds?	4	AskHistorians
Prince Franz Xavier of Saxony secretly married a noblewoman, and had 8 children with her before there marriage went public 12 years after the fact. How did the Kings brother manage to have a secret marriage and family for so long?	4	AskHistorians
Can I find a list of U.S. States by their population when they became a state?	3	AskHistorians
When the US were teaching people Duck and Cover drills, were the Soviets or other countries doing the same?	3	AskHistorians