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Teacher of Mathematics. Interested in history of science and technology, ancient history and history of Eastern Europe.

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Is there a reason why Turkey took the Balkan territories of the Ottoman Empire, instead of Greece or another of the Balkan states?
May 5, 2019
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How did passengers keep warm on sail ships?
Apr 11, 2019
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What knowledge may have been lost at the Library of Alexandria?
Dec 19, 2013
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Has an individual ever purchased an entire country?
Oct 5, 2018
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Why did the Soviet Union close its borders and restrict travel abroad?
Jul 1, 2015
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Why did Germany not join the United Nations until 1973?
Mar 11, 2016
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What is the earliest mention of space travel?
Feb 4, 2021
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Why did the Soviet Union name their strongest bomb Tsar Bomba?
Mar 28, 2018
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Why was France given such a lenient peace after Napoleon was defeated?
Jun 7, 2015
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How were books published in Ancient Greece?
May 3, 2016
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Nontrivially fillable gaps in published proofs of major theorems
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Mistakes in mathematics, false illusions about conjectures
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Mathematical conjectures on which applications depend
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Is the Riemann zeta function surjective?
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Good "casual" advanced math books