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Why did the surname of Mussolini not fall out of favor in Italy the way that Hitler did in Germany?	2957
In "Expanded Universe" by Robert Heinlein, he reprints old essays where he cites a $250 billion figure for the cost of "redistributing" the US population to make them safe(r) from atomic war. Did the US have any serious post-WWII discussions on reorganizing US society to deal with an unwinnable war?	191
What was mail like during medieval Europe? How easy was it to send letters across Europe, or to your cousin in another village?	94
In 1851, a black man named Jacob Vanderpool who owned a boarding house and saloon was forced to leave Oregon. He was convicted of violating "exclusion laws" that didn't allow black people to remain in Oregon for more than six months. What probably happened to his property after he left?	21
[Meta] I often read historians saying we don't know as much about the daily life of ordinary people as we do about kings. With the rise of television and later, the internet, how might the knowledge of "ordinary people" impact the study of history?	15
Why do you think the Roman poet Ovid was exiled from Rome to Tomis?	12
How complicated was the daily life of a peasant in medieval England?	10
Examples of feudal-era wars that were lost due to poor communications/logistics/resources?	9
Do we know why the Mayan sacred calendar (Tzolk’in or Chol Q’ij) had only 260 days and how it was used in their life?	6
In 1951, the European Coal and Steel Community was formed, ultimately leading to the creation of the EU. One of the ECSC's stated goals was to reduce the risk of future wars between member states. How successful has this been?	5

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