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Confederate President Jefferson Davis had an older brother, Joseph Davis, who owned a plantation that was described as "Utopian". What in the world was a utopian slave plantation?

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The Inca royalty are said to have practiced incest, and only the child of a Brother-Sister union would be legitimate heirs to the throne. Did the inbreeding have any noticeable effects on the royal family?

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Did closing sweat shops in Bangladesh actually lead to an increase in child prostitution?

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Did closing sweat shops using child labor in Bangladesh in 1993 actually lead to an increase in child prostitution?

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FDR was a staunch proponent of de-colonization. How did he reconcile those views with the American colonization of the West, or Hawaii, or the Philippines?

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How did Hawaii achieve an incredible literacy rate of 95% in 1834, even though the Hawaiian alphabet had only been invented 12 years earlier?

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Was the Zong Massacre an isolated incident, or was it established practice for slave ship captains murder sick slaves and collect insurance money?

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In 1144 the people of Rome kicked out the Pope and replaced the government with an elected republic. What did daily, and especially religious life, look like under this new government?

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In 12th Century Norway 4 Kings (Harald IV, Sigurd Slembe, Eystein II, and Sverre Sigurdsson) were seemingly random nobodies who showed up one day and claimed to be the bastard son of a former king. Why were they taken seriously and allowed to take the throne?

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Were sharecroppers more productive than slave labor? Was it more profitable for plantation/land owners?

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Confederate President Jefferson Davis had an older brother, Joseph Davis, who owned a plantation that was described as "Utopian". What in the world was a utopian slave plantation?	1
The Inca royalty are said to have practiced incest, and only the child of a Brother-Sister union would be legitimate heirs to the throne. Did the inbreeding have any noticeable effects on the royal family?	1
Did closing sweat shops in Bangladesh actually lead to an increase in child prostitution?	1
Did closing sweat shops using child labor in Bangladesh in 1993 actually lead to an increase in child prostitution?	1
FDR was a staunch proponent of de-colonization. How did he reconcile those views with the American colonization of the West, or Hawaii, or the Philippines?	1
How did Hawaii achieve an incredible literacy rate of 95% in 1834, even though the Hawaiian alphabet had only been invented 12 years earlier?	1
Was the Zong Massacre an isolated incident, or was it established practice for slave ship captains murder sick slaves and collect insurance money?	1
In 1144 the people of Rome kicked out the Pope and replaced the government with an elected republic. What did daily, and especially religious life, look like under this new government?	1
In 12th Century Norway 4 Kings (Harald IV, Sigurd Slembe, Eystein II, and Sverre Sigurdsson) were seemingly random nobodies who showed up one day and claimed to be the bastard son of a former king. Why were they taken seriously and allowed to take the throne?	1
Were sharecroppers more productive than slave labor? Was it more profitable for plantation/land owners?	1