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How did Yo-Yo Ma become a household name?

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My German great-great-grandfather refused to evacuate Poland at the end of WWII as he believed there would be fellow Freemasons in the Red Army who would recognise him. Was this a common belief among Masons in WWII?

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The USA has some impressive cave systems. Did Native Americans historically make use of any of these?

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What did poetry readings look like in the medieval Islamic world?

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How did Italian-Americans respond to the popularity of the Mario character?

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Who were the most powerful Buddhist nuns of history?

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What are current scholarly opinions on the book "The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses" by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí?

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Do we know what housing for the poor looked like in ancient or medieval India?

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What's the current "state of the field" with regards to the Bantu migration?

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What was the relationship between the counterculture movement and LGBT culture in mid-20th century San Francisco?

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How did Yo-Yo Ma become a household name?	660
My German great-great-grandfather refused to evacuate Poland at the end of WWII as he believed there would be fellow Freemasons in the Red Army who would recognise him. Was this a common belief among Masons in WWII?	125
The USA has some impressive cave systems. Did Native Americans historically make use of any of these?	71
What did poetry readings look like in the medieval Islamic world?	42
How did Italian-Americans respond to the popularity of the Mario character?	42
Who were the most powerful Buddhist nuns of history?	42
What are current scholarly opinions on the book "The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses" by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí?	34
Do we know what housing for the poor looked like in ancient or medieval India?	32
What's the current "state of the field" with regards to the Bantu migration?	28
What was the relationship between the counterculture movement and LGBT culture in mid-20th century San Francisco?	22