Why was the Federal Reserve set up as a private corporation instead of a government agency?

Is there any benefits to setting up the monetary system like this?

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Is there evidence of varied 'handwriting' in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?

We can restrict our timeline and location to the New Kingdom Valley of the Kings, but my question is also primarily — how was it that nearly all Egyptian art and hieroglyphics look identical, or rather, what are the differences and 'styles' that we do notice?

How much do we know about how Egyptian carvings, drawings and tomb art was made?

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Is there any record of defection from the west to the Soviet Union?

I know that many ended up defecting from the USSR, but was there a notable amount that went the other way? Maybe out of communist sympathies or political pressure?

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Why exactly does the conflict in South Ossetia occure?

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Did the US really make plans to attack the USSR October 1945 ?

So i'm watching this documentary from RT and it states the US was making target lists for nuclear weapons in the USSR in October 1945. Is this in fact correct or is this just the pro-Russian/anti-American bias of the documentary.

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Lots of famous Roman marble statues are "copies of bronze originals" which have been lost. Where did they all go?

And why did the fragile marble copies survive while the durable bronze originals disappear?

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Wikipedia states that the Nazis often 'promoted premarital and extramarital sexual relations', what are some examples of this?

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A recent article claims that cannabis residue was found in pipes excavated from Shakespeare's garden. Does this make sense historically? Could Shakespeare have smoked weed?

Here's a link to the article.

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Why did the Dutch Staten-Generaal try to have a French or English king in 1580, while they could have William the Silent of Orange-Nassau?

Hey, I'm Dutch myself and there is something I don't get. Since the 1560s, the Dutch revolted against the Spanish rulers under the leadership of stadhouder William of Orange-Nassau (William the Silent). In 1581, the Dutch Staten-Generaal declared itself an independent country using the Act of Abjuration (Plakkaat van Verlaetinghe). They tried to find a new monarch, in Francis (Duke of Anjou) or Robert Dudley of Leicester.

The point I don't get: why not install William the Silent as monarch, if you're looking for someone in 1580?

Some years ago, I asked my history teacher in school. He said William was killed. That is true, but that took place in 1584, three years after the Act of Abjuration.

Thanks a lot for helping me!

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Why did the allied forces not drop an Atomic Bomb on German forces ?

Would it be because it was in their bark yard and did not want to effect Europe in the long run ??

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How valid is the theory that the European colonization of the New World caused reforestation, leading to the Little Ice Age?

I've heard this idea floated around a couple of times. [This article] (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/columbus-arrival-linked-carbon-dioxide-drop) describes the idea. As a bonus question, did pre-Columbian Native American societies generally contribute to deforestation more than European societies, or was it just the sharp population decline that pulled down demand for lumber?

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During the Cold War did Chinese citizens ever defect to Hong Kong by jumping the border or boating across the straits? Were they able to integrate into Hong Kong life or were they sent back?

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What happened to the Vandals who lived in North Africa? How much do we know about their language?

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The Second part of Massachusetts.

If my old history Teacher was correct where Vermont and New Hampshire are that part used to be Massachusetts, Why did this happen and why didn't they just form one big colony? Why did they split?

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What was the effect of executing suspected deserters (even innocent ones) during WWI?

I was watching a BBC miniseries on the Great War called "Our World War" (would recommend) and one episode dwells on the morality of executing deserters. In the series, a suspected deserter is executed as an example even though the audience knows he is innocent. Would executing suspected deserters really be for the greater good when trying to win a war in wars WWI and earlier?

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In the 1992 film "The Last of the Mohicans," Chingachgook fights with a weapon that resembles a large boomerang with a spike driven into it. What is this weapon, and does it have any historicity?

The weapon can be seen several times throughout this sequence [WARNING MANY SPOILERS, THIS THE FILM'S CLIMAX!], most prominently at 0:29, 4:41, 4:45, and then 5:13-5:44.

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When were the first mines made in the Colonies and United States. What is the overall history of mining in the United States?

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Would Roman Citizens have felt allegiance for their particular province or region, or only to the Republic/Empire as a whole?

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In the later Medieval ages (1300 - 1500) were heavily armored spearmen ever deployed?

A question that has been on my mind recently is if there were ever soldiers deployed with spears who were also deployed with armor befitting a knight/man at arms (full plate). A spear as in one that you use on foot, instead of the lance. Did this ever happen, or was heavy armor only used by rich infantrymen who preferred other weapons on foot (e.g. anti-armor like maces and lucernes) and cavalrymen?

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During Jim Crow and earlier, how did the government keep track of citizens' race?

Thinking of some practices like segregated buses and schools, poll taxes, jury exclusions, "red lining", etc, how did the government know a person's race?

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The fighting style seen in movies like The Patriot, where did it come from?

You see it in revolutionary war movies and pictures, where everyone lines up and takes turns firing. Where did this come from? How did you get others to agree to fight this way? Why was it disbanded?

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Are there any confirmed incidents of convents being full of sexual debauchery?

The United States has history of lurid anti catholic propaganda claiming that convents were endless lesbian orgies. Were there any actual nunneries that had lots of sexually active nuns? Did the the urban legends originate from these real incidents, or were they developed separately? Were accusations of homosexuality ever leveled against monasteries? Was there any truth to these accusations?

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Are there any examples of times when policies of appeasement did work?

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Did each side (Soviet, US) envision have a tactical plan in case of WWlll?

Of course, never implemented, but surly in the planning stage, how did each side envision a future encounter w/their non-nucleur weapons (Tanks, Air-power, Sea) Through Germany, Poland again...?

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Why did the Vikings stop raiding? Do we know who launched the last ever raid? And did they know ot was the last raid when they went on it?

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