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All the unincorporated territories of the US except Puerto Rico are dominated by the two major US political parties. Why is Puerto Rico so unique in organizing their parties relative to the island’s political status vis-a-vis the US?	22
Why do mountain lions have so many distinct alternate names that are all in common usage?	16
Why is basketball so popular in the Baltic states?	15
A Statista graph of Germany’s population from 1800-2000 shows minimal decline during the World Wars (link in comments). Were losses from the wars/the famines/the bombings/the Holocaust/emigration really offset that much by birth rate/imported labor/slavery/forced ethnic German migration?	13
Which historical figure has truly embodied a "good" monarch in the way fairy tales conceive of the idea?	13
An enslaved black man who waited on the guests of South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens disparaged John Calhoun by noting that unlike other guests, he never tipped. What was tipping culture like under slavery? Were slaves restricted from freely spending their tips?	12
I read that at one point in English history, a fifth of all boys were named John. How would children have referred to each other during such eras?	11
To what extent was the USSR targeted by international non-state terrorist networks? Was there an equivalent of the Beslan school siege plotted against the Soviet Union, especially after it invaded Afghanistan?	11
What lessons from Reconstruction did the US apply to post-World War II rebuilding?	11
Konrad Adenauer, Walter Ulbricht, and David Ben-Gurion respectively led West Germany, East Germany, and Israel for many years in the immediate postwar period. What was the personal relationship like amongst the three of them?	10

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