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Do we know what the demographic makeup of the GULag's prisoners was in the USSR? Were you more likely to be sent to GULag if you were, say Latvian or Polish than Russian, or vice versa?

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In the centuries following contact with the West, how familiar would the average East Asian have been with the existence of Judaism and the Jews?

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Today, a salad course is typically served chilled, with produce crisp and cold, often on a chilled plate. Prior to refrigeration, were salads primarily served warm? Or were other means used to cool them?

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Hot dogs are the traditional meal at American and Canadian sporting venues, while the British and Australian staple is meat pies. Why the discrepancy, and when did stadia in these countries develop their standard fare?

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What was the critical and public reaction in Victorian Britain toward George Eliot's novel "Daniel Deronda" and its Zionist bent upon release? Were Britons sympathetic, antipathetic, or largely ignorant of Zionism at the time?

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Why does Sri Lanka have such a diversity of religions compared to other countries of its (physical) size?

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How did the tradition of high-school proms develop to become sine qua non in the U.S. and Canada, but not the rest of the world?

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What caused absinthe to fall out of fashion by the early 20th Century?

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Prior to the advent of the telephone (or its placement in individual rooms) how did hotels wake their guests in the morning?

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After the total success of the Battle of Inchon (Operation Chromite), MacArthur has been criticized for an excessively slow advance into Seoul. Are these criticisms fair, or was his caution warranted?

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Do we know what the demographic makeup of the GULag's prisoners was in the USSR? Were you more likely to be sent to GULag if you were, say Latvian or Polish than Russian, or vice versa?	5
In the centuries following contact with the West, how familiar would the average East Asian have been with the existence of Judaism and the Jews?	5
Today, a salad course is typically served chilled, with produce crisp and cold, often on a chilled plate. Prior to refrigeration, were salads primarily served warm? Or were other means used to cool them?	5
Hot dogs are the traditional meal at American and Canadian sporting venues, while the British and Australian staple is meat pies. Why the discrepancy, and when did stadia in these countries develop their standard fare?	5
What was the critical and public reaction in Victorian Britain toward George Eliot's novel "Daniel Deronda" and its Zionist bent upon release? Were Britons sympathetic, antipathetic, or largely ignorant of Zionism at the time?	5
Why does Sri Lanka have such a diversity of religions compared to other countries of its (physical) size?	4
How did the tradition of high-school proms develop to become sine qua non in the U.S. and Canada, but not the rest of the world?	4
What caused absinthe to fall out of fashion by the early 20th Century?	4
Prior to the advent of the telephone (or its placement in individual rooms) how did hotels wake their guests in the morning?	4
After the total success of the Battle of Inchon (Operation Chromite), MacArthur has been criticized for an excessively slow advance into Seoul. Are these criticisms fair, or was his caution warranted?	4