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Are there any documented cases where Percival Treite committed any procedures that led to death?
Percival Treite was a researcher and lecturer of medicine and a medical doctor at the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
After the war he was tried for crimes against humanity and sentenced to death, but ...
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What is the name of the building at this location in Des Moines Iowa?
I am trying to find the name of a building in Des Moines, Iowa. It is at 22 SW 9th street and I am trying to find history on it. The west side has some writing on it and from what I can read it says
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Found this in Oklahoma is it a Paleo artifact?
I found this stone up on a mountain over looking Lake Sardis in Oklahoma.
There was many artifacts looking rocks this is just one of many I collected up there on the mountain.
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When did China's monopoly on silk end?
BYU Stowaway Magazine says it ended in 552:
China's exclusive access to silk came to an abrupt end in the year 552 AD when the Byzantine emperor Justinian sent two monks into the country to steal ...
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Did loss of the Soviet support play a role in PLO decision to negotiate with Israel?
Democratization in Eastern Europe in late 1980s was largely enabled by Gorbachev withdrawing Soviet support for the Communist regimes (in some cases this literally involved withdrawing Soviet troops, ...
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Why does this card contain the phrase "Bat Card"?
This card is related to the revolution in Cronstadt Island during the Russian civil war. In this footage you can read Bat Card ( although it is written in Russian ).
Does anybody know why such a name ...
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How did USSR's Gosplan enforce fixed prices?
Госплан (State Committee on Prices and Material and Technical Supply) was USSR's central planning agency that fixed prices. How exactly did the prices it determined trickle down to local retailers? ...
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How did USSR's Gosplan enforce fixed prices? [duplicate]
Госплан (State Committee on Prices and Material and Technical Supply) was USSR's central planning agency that fixed prices. How exactly did the prices it determined trickle down to local retailers? ...
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How was wine made in first-century Galilee and surrounding regions? [closed]
In Galilee and surrounding regions in the first century AD, how was wine made?
If it was the same as in the rest of the Empire, than an answer would just explain how wine was made in the first-century ...
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How would children address adults, who aren't their parents, in ancient Greece?
Besides relatives and royalty, how would children address adults who aren't their parents? Mr. and Mrs. obviously don't work out because "last names" tended to be "of Athens," &...
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Why wasn't slavery mentioned more in Confederate songs?
The leaders of the CSA repeatedly brought up slavery as the reason for secession and declared the institution the 'cornerstone' of their nation.
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How much did a telegram cost between Belgium and New York in the early 1960s?
I am trying to figure out how relatively expensive it was for Rwandan students in Belgium to send petitions to the United Nations Trusteeship Council as telegrams. Here is an example of one
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Did Jules Verne not know how high the Rockies are?
In From the Earth to the Moon (Jules Verne, 1865), the Gun Club is trying to find a high-elevation location for a massive telescope to track the projectile it's sending to the Moon.
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Can we use the logic of the Reciprocal Tariff Calculations to derive past non-tariff barriers? [closed]
According to The Office of the United States Trade Representative persistent trade deficits are due to a combination of tariff and non-tariff factors that prevent trade from balancing. They then use ...
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Besides Ireland what other neutral countries, if any, sent condolences to Germany after Hitler's suicide?
Ireland's PM I believe expressed condolences via the German embassy after Hitler's suicide. While this has been explained as pro forma, it has been brought up many times since WW2.
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