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In the early 1960s, South Vietnamese Buddhists heavily protested bad treatment by the ruling Catholic minority. Were there similar protests by Buddhists in the North due to communism's anti-religion policies?

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How old is "the bogeyman" as a concept in the West? Where did the modern version(s) come from?

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Max Planck said: "Science progresses not because scientists change their minds, but rather because scientists attached to erroneous views die, and are replaced." Has this proven true since the advent of the modern era?

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In feudal Japan, it was illegal for non-samurai to own swords. How common was it for bandits or peasants to acquire and maintain swords, and how did they get them?

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Following the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919, the ranking Sikhs of Amritsar conferred the Saropa (a great honor) on Colonel Reginald Dyer, leader of the British Indian forces that committed the massacre. Why?

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What is a brief history of the bad blood between (South) Koreans and Japanese?

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Why did the maple leaf become associated with Canada (or vice-versa)?

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In Mafia films and television shows set in the 20th Century, a common device is to have people killed by placing a bomb on their cars that explodes when the ignition is turned. Was anyone verifiably assassinated in such a manner? Did such devices really exist?

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How were very tall people (6'5"/1.9m+) viewed in pre-modern Europe and Asia? Were they subject to ridicule or reverence, or not noticed at all?

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How old and how universal is the winking of one eye as a gesture of playfulness/flirtatiousness in human culture?

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In the early 1960s, South Vietnamese Buddhists heavily protested bad treatment by the ruling Catholic minority. Were there similar protests by Buddhists in the North due to communism's anti-religion policies?	10
How old is "the bogeyman" as a concept in the West? Where did the modern version(s) come from?	10
Max Planck said: "Science progresses not because scientists change their minds, but rather because scientists attached to erroneous views die, and are replaced." Has this proven true since the advent of the modern era?	10
In feudal Japan, it was illegal for non-samurai to own swords. How common was it for bandits or peasants to acquire and maintain swords, and how did they get them?	9
Following the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919, the ranking Sikhs of Amritsar conferred the Saropa (a great honor) on Colonel Reginald Dyer, leader of the British Indian forces that committed the massacre. Why?	9
What is a brief history of the bad blood between (South) Koreans and Japanese?	9
Why did the maple leaf become associated with Canada (or vice-versa)?	9
In Mafia films and television shows set in the 20th Century, a common device is to have people killed by placing a bomb on their cars that explodes when the ignition is turned. Was anyone verifiably assassinated in such a manner? Did such devices really exist?	9
How were very tall people (6'5"/1.9m+) viewed in pre-modern Europe and Asia? Were they subject to ridicule or reverence, or not noticed at all?	9
How old and how universal is the winking of one eye as a gesture of playfulness/flirtatiousness in human culture?	9