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Were the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany de facto allies in September 1939?

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Did 1.5 million soldiers during the Algerian Revolution? [on hold]

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Did the 1994 US crime bill “bring down crime”?

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Do cockroaches eat margarine?

entomology

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Are the Democrats handing out legitimate subpoenas to the Trump Organization? [closed]

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Did Turkey use poison gas against the Kurds in 1937-38?

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Is John Durham handling all referrals from the IG investigation?

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world-war-ii espionage

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zoology ethology dogs

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Did Senators Sanders and Warren support Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum?

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Does Turkey make the “structural steel frame” for the F-35 fighter?

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Is the F-35 aircraft literally invisible? [closed]

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Did Nabil Karoui hire a Canadian firm to lobby the US Government to support his Tunisian presidential bid?

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Do Australian Aboriginal people have low intelligence and sexual control?

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Do humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas?

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Did Fox News win a court case for the right to lie?

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Does the Kiri Tree reduce carbon dioxide emissions ten times more than the average tree?

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Did the US push the Kurds to lower their defences against Turkey in the months preceding the latest Turkish military operation against them?

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Does Test Driven Development decrease development time and create better quality software? [closed]

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Can gluten cause depression?

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