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In 1979, Iran held two referendums (one on the Islamic Republic question and one on the constitution) and both of them were landslide victories of 99%. Were these referendums actually legitimate and reflective of the public opinion of Iran at the time in any way?	16
How much was Henry Ford himself responsible for the development of the modern assembly line? Was he a businessman who just took credit from a team of employees, or was he really spearheading the technical innovation?	16
When did average European peasants begin to reap the material benefits of European imperialism and colonialism?	15
Is it true that American oil firms were a major provider of oil to Nazi Germany as late as 1941?	15
Did American helicopters during the Vietnam War play music out of loudspeakers as depicted in Apocalypse Now?	15
Was the art typically produced by the American Federal Art Program in the 1930s at all related to Socialist Realism?	15
Did American taxpayers express growing opposition to the expensive Apollo program? If so, did this opposition grow after Apollo 11?	15
Was there any point at which a majority of the population of any given Eastern bloc state was in favour of existing as a satellite state?	14
How do historians differentiate between literate and oral cultures? Weren’t most humans illiterate until relatively recent, thus all human cultures are oral in origin? And don't many Native cultures today have written forms?	14
The four Char Dhams (Hindu pilgrimage sites) exist in the four corners of modern-day India. How did these develop? How did different states in the subcontinent accommodate or restrict religious pilgrimage?	14

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