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Has there ever been a non-rectangular banknote?

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Are there any important biographies of nobodies?

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Why didn't Portugal found universities in its colonies like Spain?

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Should non-native speakers get extra time to compose exam answers?

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Did Chinese emperors wear a rectangular hat with suspended gems?

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How to increase the productivity of undergraduate research assistants?

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Was there a Viking Exchange as well as a Columbian one?

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How did people cut "pieces of eight"?

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Is it moral to propose work that's already partly done?

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Six pregnant maidens from Kamchatka

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Top Answers

What is the point of being the head of the department?

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Does any country have an official celebration for the annexation of foreign territory?

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Have American urban rioters ever looted residences?

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Why are many African-Americans in Mississippi concentrated in the northwestern area?

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Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03: Why is there a Russian flag on the cover of the prominent newspaper 'Le Petit Parisien'?

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Are there historical instances of settlers who were largely uncontacted and undisturbed after settling?

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When was this photo of Mission Dolores *actually* taken?

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Is there evidence to suggest the "war on drugs" was a cover for class warfare?

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Should I cite an article that I can't find?

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What are some symbols representing peasants/oppressed persons fighting back?

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What was the first college in an English-speaking country to use Latin in their motto?

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What is the most advanced nonliterate society?

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Kissing in early Icelandic law

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Is it true that "All spicy food is from Latin America"?

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Has the majority ever seceded?

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Can oral tradition be used as a reliable source in scholarly papers?

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Were any California presidios conquered?

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Why have population maps indicated a stark divide in population density of the United States on either side ot the 100th Meridian?

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Did Kim Jong-Il wrest away power (rather than inherit it) from Kim Il-Sung in a power struggle?

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What major Native American tribes were around Santa Fe during the late 1850s?

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Why has the American cowboy fashion/culture persisted until our current decade?

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Why is there no Islamic architecture with glass in windows before the 18th century?

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What kind of ink was used by medieval scribes in Iceland, given that there were no plant galls for iron-gall ink?

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Can I hire someone to write code for my dissertation (if I've designed the algorithm)?

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If you want to be a computer scientist, can competitive programming be helpful early on in your career?

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Why was the Halifax death penalty reserved for thefts of at least 13½ pence?

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Is this medieval picture of hanging 5 royals showing an historical event?

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What profession(s) would have used this folding 'ruler'?

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Can historiography be thought of as "fractal"?

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Who was the Kilroy?

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