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3-Letter History #2

Can you guess these historical answers which are only three letters long?
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Attila the ___, 5th century European warlord
Hun
At the Battle of Hastings, Harold II was struck in this organ by a stray arrow
Eye
Confectionery item famously banned in Singapore
Gum
Insurgency group active during the Troubles (inits.)
IRA
___ Kelly, Australian outlaw
Ned
The Romans sourced this metal in Cornwall and Devon
Tin
Largest ethnic group in China
Han
According to Friedrich Nietzsche, "___ is dead"
God
British military branch founded in 1918 by Lord Trenchard (inits.)
RAF
Games console released by Nintendo in 2006
Wii
1965 Motown hit by James Brown, 'Papa's Got a Brand New ___'
Bag
Cleopatra supposedly killed herself with the poison of this reptile
Asp
US Government department responsible for collecting federal taxes (inits.)
IRS
According to the Bible, Eve was created from this part of Adam's body
Rib
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Canada's first female prime minister, ___ Campbell
Kim
This substance was dumped in Boston Harbor in protest against British taxation
Tea
Vietnam War protest slogan, "Hey, hey, ___! How many kids did you kill today?" (inits.)
LBJ
Weapon allegedly used by Lizzie Borden to murder her father and stepmother
Axe
Currency unit of both North and South Korea
Won
Conical hat associated with the Ottoman Empire
Fez
Animal "executed" by former South Dakota governor Kristi Noem
Dog
___ top, hairstyle favoured by the Beatles
Mop
'Fortunate ___', Vietnam-era protest song by Credence Clearwater Revival
Son
Papal name of Robert Francis Prevost
Leo
___ Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism
Yom
___ Pot, Cambodian dictator
Pol
Seljuk Sultanate of ___, late-Medieval Turkish-Persian state
Rum
Biblical character whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt
Lot
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