When did the practice of giving sailors prize money end?
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When did ships go from being built one at a time to being built in classes?
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Why did Sardinia enter the Crimean War?
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ELI5 How can your teeth be used to identify you?
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What's an example of where companies have used AI well?
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What's the point of tax exemptions for religious groups?
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How did English common law develop?
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What has your experience been using the criminal court system?
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ELI5 Why was my password not leaked when others were?
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How does the US defend itself against ballistic missiles currently?
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To what extent did Edith Wilson have the powers of President after Woodrow Wilson's stroke?
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Was there the concept of a "world order" or "world policeman" in medieval times?
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Why does, supposedly, Reddit have a left-wing bias?
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What did the British general public think they were fighting for in WW1?
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Did Lord Beaverbrook's appeal for pots and pans actually help the war effort?
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Why has there only been one submarine-to-submarine kill in history?
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What did the US see the American Indian Wars after 1830 as?
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Why did Britain refuse to make Estonia their protectorate in 1919?
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What, exactly, was Tucker Carlson trying to prove with "You don't know the population of the country you're trying to invade"?
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What was US anti-submarine tactics like if they refused to follow British suggestions?
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What were US anti-submarine tactics like in the early stages of WW2?
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What does being an Operations Officer entail, exactly?
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