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Why do north Americans generallu put the word 'river' after the proper name and much of the rest of the world before the proper name?

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Where there any alternate proposals to what would become the Interstate Highway System?

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Why is the Queen the most powerful piece in chess?

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Did other nations attempt to use unknown indigenous languages to keep secrecy in the war effort like the US did with the Najavo?

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Why did the United States adopt a representative republic style government as opposed to a parliamentary style government?

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Were there any openly-abolitonist members of the Confederate government or military?

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What was the general attitude and opinion of the common person about Hawaii and Alaska being admitted as states?

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As the population in the United States moved progressively westward, were there ever any plans to relocate the nation's capital to match the westward expansion?

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What caused Sweden to fail as a great power?

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Two part question: Was there any attempt to keep Yugoslavia intact and transition to a democratic republic after the fall of the Eastern Bloc and why is Montenegro's population so small in relation to the rest of the former Yugoslav countries?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why do north Americans generallu put the word 'river' after the proper name and much of the rest of the world before the proper name?	187
Where there any alternate proposals to what would become the Interstate Highway System?	146
Why is the Queen the most powerful piece in chess?	50
Did other nations attempt to use unknown indigenous languages to keep secrecy in the war effort like the US did with the Najavo?	43
Why did the United States adopt a representative republic style government as opposed to a parliamentary style government?	36
Were there any openly-abolitonist members of the Confederate government or military?	13
What was the general attitude and opinion of the common person about Hawaii and Alaska being admitted as states?	11
As the population in the United States moved progressively westward, were there ever any plans to relocate the nation's capital to match the westward expansion?	8
What caused Sweden to fail as a great power?	8
Two part question: Was there any attempt to keep Yugoslavia intact and transition to a democratic republic after the fall of the Eastern Bloc and why is Montenegro's population so small in relation to the rest of the former Yugoslav countries?	6