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President Warren G. Harding famously kept the entire bar in the Whitehouse stocked with alcohol despite voting for prohibition as a US Senator. Although this was legal due to a loophole, was there any outrage over the hypocrisy at the time?	4621
In the US Presidential Elections of 1824, the populist candidate Andrew Jackson, who had won a plurality of both the popular vote and electoral college, was denied the Presidency by the House of Representatives. Were there any instances of unrest in the country following these events?	1103
In the series "Game of Thrones", a man who suffers from dwarfism becomes pivotal to the plot and finds himself rising to the highest position in the royal court. Are there any examples of people who suffer from dwarfism being taken seriously and given real power in Medieval Europe?	470
Did the Allies in World War II ever entertain the idea of offering a conditional surrender to Nazi Germany before the end of the war? Do we know any details on what the conditions of these offers might have entailed?	288
George R. R. Martin once described the social system of Westeros in "A Song of Ice and Fire" as "not full feudal but quasi-feudal". What are the major differences between the Westerosi version of feudalism and the real world application of it?	210
In the United States, what are the oldest "classified" documents that we know the existence of? Is it possible for documents from the 18th century to still be Classified?	170
Did Nazi Germany ever benefit from having Japan in the Axis? Since Japan drew the US into the war and never declared war on the USSR, what did Hitler gain from pursuing an alliance with Japan?	122
Why weren't Native Americans enslaved by Europeans at the same rate Africans were? Wouldn't it have been cheaper for colonists to enslave the locals rather than import slaves from the other side of the ocean?	120
I've recently heard people argue that the founders created the role of "electors" in the Electoral College so that a populist candidate could be denied the Presidency if he were to win the election. Is this true and, if not, what was their actual intended purpose?	115
I'm a German living in western Germany in December, 1944. Do I have any idea how poorly the war is going, or would Nazi propoganda have successfully hidden German setbacks from me?	74

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