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How did Russia permanently subjugate the steppes, a feat that was unachievable by multiple Chinese dynasties?

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China's Barefoot Doctor program was a tremendous success at providing healthcare to rural populations and led directly to the modern system of Primary Health Care adopted around the world. Why did the government end the program in 1981?

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Why did Brittany replace Latin with French as it's official language, 300 years before the Kingdom of France did? And why not use the native Bretagne language instead of French?

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Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II was reportedly fearful of the Emperor of Japan converting to Islam and replacing him as Sunni Caliph. Where did he get such a crazy idea?

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Turkic peoples established dynasties and states as far North as Siberia, East as China, South as India, and West as Libya. Why were Turkic peoples spread so far and why were they so successful?

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Is it true American hospitals used to keep seperate stocks of "white" blood and "colored" blood, because white patients refused to get transfusions of blood from non-whites?

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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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What happened to the 200,000 Polish children Germany kidnapped and forcibly adopted out to German families?

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What was the Mexican response to the construction of the Hoover Dam? How did it's construction affect Mexico's water supply?

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Why didn't Western Europe have a tradition of horse archers like a lot of other places in Eurasia?

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How did Russia permanently subjugate the steppes, a feat that was unachievable by multiple Chinese dynasties?	91
China's Barefoot Doctor program was a tremendous success at providing healthcare to rural populations and led directly to the modern system of Primary Health Care adopted around the world. Why did the government end the program in 1981?	87
Why did Brittany replace Latin with French as it's official language, 300 years before the Kingdom of France did? And why not use the native Bretagne language instead of French?	85
Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II was reportedly fearful of the Emperor of Japan converting to Islam and replacing him as Sunni Caliph. Where did he get such a crazy idea?	84
Turkic peoples established dynasties and states as far North as Siberia, East as China, South as India, and West as Libya. Why were Turkic peoples spread so far and why were they so successful?	77
Is it true American hospitals used to keep seperate stocks of "white" blood and "colored" blood, because white patients refused to get transfusions of blood from non-whites?	74
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?	73
What happened to the 200,000 Polish children Germany kidnapped and forcibly adopted out to German families?	68
What was the Mexican response to the construction of the Hoover Dam? How did it's construction affect Mexico's water supply?	67
Why didn't Western Europe have a tradition of horse archers like a lot of other places in Eurasia?	66