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When did east Asian and South asian countries discover that the earth was round, and when did they discover that it orbited the sun? Were they independent of the western/ancient greek discoveries?	10
What did contemporary political maps of Warlord era China look like? Did they just mark the Republic of China, with pre-warlord borders, or did they update it at all? Did this vary depending on where the map was made?	7
How did the foreign forces in France in WW1 and WW2 effect French culture? (and vice versa)	6
What is this black and white photograph of a man being burned at the stake from? It appears to be in southern europe, and it's probably staged for a movie or some other recreation.	6
In comparison to capitalist countries, how much waste did command economies like the Soviet Union create?	4
In the economics book "Progress and Poverty"(1879), Henry George refers to chinese whalers being partially paid seal whiskers as commission. He goes on to state than the whiskers have a religious/cultural significance that isn't well understood by outsiders. Was this real? What was it?	3
How often would people travel alone pre-1900? How often would people travel cross-country?	2
Hoe much did increasing literacy among farmers/farm owners help contribute to the agricultural revolution? Did the widespread publication of almanacs help farmers plant their crops more scientifically?	2
What's a practice or technology from modern times that could've been readily adopted by a past civilization like Ancient Rome or Greece, if they were introduced to it?	1
What's a piece of media that seems unremarkable, or even dated by modern standards, but was actually a progressive milestone for it's time?	1

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