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Why was humorism - the ancient medical philosophy that espouses that all human illness originates from an imbalance of the four “humors” a.k.a. bodily fluids - a widely held medical theory for such a long time?	4
What long-term effects did the McCarthyism of the late-‘40s and early-‘50s along with the infamous blacklisting of the Hollywood Ten have on Hollywood itself?	4
The Ahmadiyya movement of Muslims believe that the Mahdi and Messiah of Islamic theology was divinely appointed in the 19th Century. How did/has the Sunni and Shia mainstream divisions of Islam react to the development of this religious movement?	4
What’s a good source(s) on the schisms that developed into the various schools of Buddhism that exist in the present-day?	4
Ares/Mars and Athena/Minerva were both gods/personifications/embodiments of war and warfare in the religions of Ancient Greece and Rome; was there any difference in the way that Athena was portrayed, thought-about or worshipped in Greco-Roman mythology due to her gender?	4
What have we learned about the ancient civilization of Ebla since its rather recent rediscovery?	4
When were driving speed limits first implemented in the world, and did they have a positive effect on accidents and fatalities immediately or did it take a while?	4
What is the earliest case of a person committing suicide that has been discovered? Is there any evidence for the existence of suicide in Neolithic and pre-Bronze Age cultures?	4
How was homosexuality viewed in pre-Islamic Conquest Persia?	4
Is there a historical or cultural reason that explains why so many nurses in the United States come from the Philippines and the island nations of the Caribbean?	4

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