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I can answer most general history questions. My best areas are the space program and military history. Of course, my knowledge isn`t limited to these areas.

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While I don't have a degree in history, I have spent a number of years studying by myself. I have an extensive library of history books.

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2008-01-30 Alternatives to the A-Bomb:

I'm going to start off by saying that my answers are my opinions. Like you said, this is controversial topic and there are many different opinions out there. The two disadvantages to most of your options

2006-12-11 pounds = lbs:

Like most things, it's Latin. Libra means balaces in Latin(like the Zodiac sign), and it was also the name of a Roman unit of mass and was abbreviated lb, the s at the end just means more than one. We

2006-03-11 :

This is honestly something that I've never been able to figure out myself but has always bothered me. I do know that there was varying levels of "purity" where a person could be considered part Aryan.

2005-03-13 Spam and cannibalism:

I really couldn't imagine a connection between spam and cannibalism. The only thing that comes to mind is that spam is popular in the pacific and spam could have been a replacement food for the cannibals

2004-12-09 21st century:

I think it is more personal preference than anything I know people who would refer to it as nineteen hundred and eighty four I think the reason we say two thousand rather than twenty is because most

 

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