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In 1975, the UN passed a resolution that declared Zionism racist and discriminatory. In 1991, it revoked that resolution. What happened inbetween the two dates that lead to the change in global opinion?	4297
The First Haitian Empire banned all white people from the country, except Germans and Poles. Why Germans and Poles?	3152
In traditional Hawaiian culture women would be put to death for eating pork, coconuts, taro, several types of fish, and 67 out of 70 varieties of bananas. What did Hawaiian women subsist off of? Why was there such a drastic limitation on what women could eat?	2685
In traditional Hawaiian culture women would be put to death for eating pork, coconuts, taro, several types of fish, and 67 out of 70 varieties of bananas. What did Hawaiian women subsist off of? Why was there such a drastic limitation on what women could eat?	2500
Brown vs Board lead to firing of thousands of black teachers as schools were desegregated. Were many of these teachers also integrated into the newly mixed schools?	2471
Portugese records report that cannabalistic maurauders called Jagas raided as far as Somalia, Angola, and Sierra Leone. That's a range bigger than the continental United States. Who were these people? How did they operate over such a large distance?	2443
Jewish minorities have lived in China and India for thousands of years. Historically did they face any anti-Semitism like the Jewish people living in Europe did?	2347
After World War 2 why didn't the Danes gain a reputation for cowardice and easily surrendering, as the French did, despite the fact that Denmark surrendered after only 6 hours, as opposed to France's 6 weeks?	2117
What do we know about the Kauwa, the Untouchable Caste of traditional Hawaiian society, other than that they were often used as slaves or human sacrifices? Is there any evidence they were a pre-Polynesian Indigenous population as some people claim?	1710
When did Irish men stop sucking each other's nipples as a sign of friendship?	1606

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