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Whats with all the saints in Minnesota? More than 1-in-20 city names in Minnesota start with (st.) Was Minnesota particularly Catholic? See text for source	24
Natural oil seeps(where crude oil naturally seeps from the rock) are located in many places. Did the native Americans ever utilize it beyond waterproofing? Did they never realize you could light it on fire?	22
The fall of American labor unions in the 1980's. Was it helped or precipitated by the collapse of the tradional mafia in America? (They were notoriously involved in unions) What else contributed?	21
Did the decline of labor unions in the US coincide with the prosecution amd downfall of the traditional Mafia in the 80's/90's?	18
During the US Civil War, if i could "fake the accent" could i travel relatively freely between north and south?	18
As a criminal would i actually recieve a trial in an American frontier town in the mid 19th century? Or was it the sheriff who was judge jury and executioner? What would either process realistically look like?	17
Tibets political and religious personell during its independence movement (previous Dalai Lama through present Dalai Lamas exile) seems to have been highly unstable, whats the story?	16
What are some hilariously incorrect things i may have learned in 1950's school or university class?	15
Frontier justice in America. How likely was a trial for serious crimes? Would they really drag you 80 miles to a court, or just "swing you from the nearest tree"?	13
Historical examples of trading with the enemy? While there is lots of black market trade between nations at war, has there ever been a time when a government has willingly traded with the enemy during war?	12

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