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Venetian Glass is still famous, but how did the industry begin, what made Venice so special that it came to be so prominent in the glass trade?	53
How well know where kings and queens in the medieval era? Fantasy books and pop culture would show even peasants knowing about the personalities of royalty and a particular member being popular or beloved by common, how true is that?	47
Belgium is famous for being bilingual with passionate French and Dutch speakers. How did the Congo become exclusively French speaking then? Did the Flemish not demand the use of Dutch? And if yes how has the attitude towards Dutch changed and why?	41
Did any of the Roman Nobility transition to becoming European royalty after the fall of (Western) Roman Empire	40
Considering they were both major colonial powers and were in the same geopolitical position why did the British and French adopt such divergent positions on the US led western order? Was it really down to langauge and culture?	25
How did tree houses become so popular in American culture? while other countries have treehouses as well it seems only in the US it seems to be a thing which is common rather than a novelty	23
I have been told that the us encouraged capitalist economic development in order to ward of communism. Also that west africa maintained ties to the west during the cold war. Thus why did no west african nation try to become an export-led manufacturing economy like asian countries?	22
Was it common for people to "remember" they were part of the resistance post WW2? Was there any backlash by actual resistance members to the public exaggerating their level of active support for the resistance? Based on the belief that most people supported the resistance only after the war was won	20
England and Scotland seem to dominate the list of schools established centuries ago which still exist today. How and Why? Were there schools established everywhere and the British ones survived? Or is there any other factor which led the British to found more schools than their continental peers?	13
Post independence in 1947 India took 3 years to move from a Dominion to a Republic while Pakistan took 9 years, making the Queen the last British ruler of Pakistan but not of India, why was there a difference and why did it take Pakistan nearly a decade to cut ties with the Crown	11

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