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China and Japan are two examples of non-Christian countries that take Sundays off. How did this come to be?

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What's the earliest usage of the word 'cool' (hip, neat, admirable) in English?

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What really prevented the British and French from colonizing Thailand?

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Was there a Han Chinese Dynasty powerful enough of challenge the Manchu Qing Dynasty during its reign in China (1644 - 1912)?

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If you asked the average 1820s educated westerner what the future of transportation is what would their answer be?

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To what degree did Stalin employ a constructed "Leninist" Ideology to justify his actions by linking them to previous rulers/ruling ideologies? Or could you speak more generally to ideological construction of history in the Soviet Union?

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What became of Tipu Sultan's family?

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(Medieval/Middle Ages) What is the history of the title of the word "Warden", was there ever Knights from any point in history who were referred to as "Warden"?

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How did the present idea of an alien (bulging eyes, bald head) form and develop through history? Was this always the image, or was it different based on the region?

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A Few Questions

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China and Japan are two examples of non-Christian countries that take Sundays off. How did this come to be?	7
What's the earliest usage of the word 'cool' (hip, neat, admirable) in English?	7
What really prevented the British and French from colonizing Thailand?	7
Was there a Han Chinese Dynasty powerful enough of challenge the Manchu Qing Dynasty during its reign in China (1644 - 1912)?	7
If you asked the average 1820s educated westerner what the future of transportation is what would their answer be?	7
To what degree did Stalin employ a constructed "Leninist" Ideology to justify his actions by linking them to previous rulers/ruling ideologies? Or could you speak more generally to ideological construction of history in the Soviet Union?	7
What became of Tipu Sultan's family?	7
(Medieval/Middle Ages) What is the history of the title of the word "Warden", was there ever Knights from any point in history who were referred to as "Warden"?	7
How did the present idea of an alien (bulging eyes, bald head) form and develop through history? Was this always the image, or was it different based on the region?	7
A Few Questions	7