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Why didn't the Mongol Empire descend into civil war and fracture apart after the death of Temujin? How did he ensure a peaceful succession that later Mongol Emperors were not able to do?

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The wife of Chiang Ching-kuo, former president of Taiwan, was a white woman from Belarus. How was she received by the Taiwanese public?

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What is the meaning and history of the four blindfolded black men on the flag of Sardinia?

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Rebecca Felton was a suffragette who worked tirelessly for women's right to vote and receive an education, and also a virulent racist who advocated for more lynchings of black men. Was she an exception, or was it common for suffragettes to believe in women's rights but not minority rights?

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Why was Memnon, an Ethiopian King, involved in the Trojan war? And why is he identified as the father of Thor in the Prose Edda?

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Why did Greece produce so many philosophers?

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Racism among pirates in the Carribean?

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Why were there 445 days in 46 BC?

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Did the U.S. government ever own slaves?

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Why does the majority of Sri Lankans speak Sinhalese, an Indo-Aryan language?

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Why didn't the Mongol Empire descend into civil war and fracture apart after the death of Temujin? How did he ensure a peaceful succession that later Mongol Emperors were not able to do?	218
The wife of Chiang Ching-kuo, former president of Taiwan, was a white woman from Belarus. How was she received by the Taiwanese public?	202
What is the meaning and history of the four blindfolded black men on the flag of Sardinia?	198
Rebecca Felton was a suffragette who worked tirelessly for women's right to vote and receive an education, and also a virulent racist who advocated for more lynchings of black men. Was she an exception, or was it common for suffragettes to believe in women's rights but not minority rights?	185
Why was Memnon, an Ethiopian King, involved in the Trojan war? And why is he identified as the father of Thor in the Prose Edda?	181
Why did Greece produce so many philosophers?	174
Racism among pirates in the Carribean?	167
Why were there 445 days in 46 BC?	154
Did the U.S. government ever own slaves?	149
Why does the majority of Sri Lankans speak Sinhalese, an Indo-Aryan language?	148