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The LDS church was relatively young during the US Civil War. What were they up to during this period?

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We're hearing a lot about stock market "circuit breakers" in the last week or so. How did these regulations come into being, and was there controversy over their implementation?

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How was the US Civil War perceived in Latin America?

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Why were Europeans so slow to adopt fore-and-aft rigging?

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What is the earliest siege we have evidence of?

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The film "judas and the black messiah", about the death of Fred Hampton, just came out recently. What does it get right? What does it get wrong?

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Chionis of Sparta supposedly jumped 7m5cm in the Long Jump at the 656BCE Olympics. How have historians/archaeologists determined this distance?

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How much of Herbert Hoover's anticommunism was driven by his financial stake in mining interests that were expropriated by the Bolsheviks?

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What were the Basques up to during World War 2?

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Why is the major population center of Hawai'i on one of the smaller islands?

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The LDS church was relatively young during the US Civil War. What were they up to during this period?	22
We're hearing a lot about stock market "circuit breakers" in the last week or so. How did these regulations come into being, and was there controversy over their implementation?	22
How was the US Civil War perceived in Latin America?	20
Why were Europeans so slow to adopt fore-and-aft rigging?	18
What is the earliest siege we have evidence of?	18
The film "judas and the black messiah", about the death of Fred Hampton, just came out recently. What does it get right? What does it get wrong?	18
Chionis of Sparta supposedly jumped 7m5cm in the Long Jump at the 656BCE Olympics. How have historians/archaeologists determined this distance?	18
How much of Herbert Hoover's anticommunism was driven by his financial stake in mining interests that were expropriated by the Bolsheviks?	15
What were the Basques up to during World War 2?	13
Why is the major population center of Hawai'i on one of the smaller islands?	12