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I've often heard that, in the past, people thought that animals couldn't feel emotions or didn't have souls, leading to such things as the Cat Piano. Obviously that's not the case now. When, why and how did we come to view animals as deserving of some level of decency and kindness?

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When, how and why did Hungary become renowned for the quality of its mathematics and mathematicians?

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Was King Richard I of England gay, bisexual or straight?

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Why were physicists of the early 20th century able to gain a kind of celebrity status not otherwise seen among academics?

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It's ancient Roman times and I want to vote for Consul, but I have work. How do I vote? If it turns out that that makes it hard to vote, did anyone propose reforms to make it easier for the working-class to vote?

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I have a time machine and I'm going to spend some time in ancient Egypt at the height of the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. What are the major differences that I notice when I'm out and about in these different eras?

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What, exactly, is the relationship between the Georgian Bagrationi and the Armenian Bagratid dynasties?

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Why did it take the Guianas so long to gain independence?

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At the Berlin conference, how was it decided who would colonize what?

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Why were no manned spaceflight expeditions beyond low-Earth orbit done after the Apollo missions?

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I've often heard that, in the past, people thought that animals couldn't feel emotions or didn't have souls, leading to such things as the Cat Piano. Obviously that's not the case now. When, why and how did we come to view animals as deserving of some level of decency and kindness?	8
When, how and why did Hungary become renowned for the quality of its mathematics and mathematicians?	7
Was King Richard I of England gay, bisexual or straight?	6
Why were physicists of the early 20th century able to gain a kind of celebrity status not otherwise seen among academics?	5
It's ancient Roman times and I want to vote for Consul, but I have work. How do I vote? If it turns out that that makes it hard to vote, did anyone propose reforms to make it easier for the working-class to vote?	5
I have a time machine and I'm going to spend some time in ancient Egypt at the height of the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. What are the major differences that I notice when I'm out and about in these different eras?	5
What, exactly, is the relationship between the Georgian Bagrationi and the Armenian Bagratid dynasties?	5
Why did it take the Guianas so long to gain independence?	5
At the Berlin conference, how was it decided who would colonize what?	5
Why were no manned spaceflight expeditions beyond low-Earth orbit done after the Apollo missions?	4