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Did Native Americans on the West Coast practice agriculture, and if so, what crops did they grow?

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How big a deal is this newly-carbon-dated, very old fragment of the Koran in a library in England? How much difference and variation is there in old manuscripts of the Koran, and how close can we get to the original text, or is there even one original text?

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How historical is the Hanukkah story?

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Did historians believe that Vikings had reached Canada before the discovery of the Viking encampment at L'anse Aux Meadows

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What was the mainstream consensus about Viking settlements in the New World before the discovery of the settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows?

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What's the longest time a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court has gone unfilled? Has the Senate ever stonewalled a President on Court choices outside of FDR's attempt at court packing?

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How did the United States' system of impeachment of federal officials develop into the system we've got today?

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Is it true that Warren G. Harding bet and lost the White House chinaware set in one hand in a drunken poker game in the White House? Is there a good story surrounding that event?

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What happened to the Romanian orphans? How did they turn out as adults after being raised in such abusive conditions? Where are they now?

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Why were the kingdoms of Florin and Guilder so frequently in competition?

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Did Native Americans on the West Coast practice agriculture, and if so, what crops did they grow?	6
How big a deal is this newly-carbon-dated, very old fragment of the Koran in a library in England? How much difference and variation is there in old manuscripts of the Koran, and how close can we get to the original text, or is there even one original text?	6
How historical is the Hanukkah story?	6
Did historians believe that Vikings had reached Canada before the discovery of the Viking encampment at L'anse Aux Meadows	5
What was the mainstream consensus about Viking settlements in the New World before the discovery of the settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows?	5
What's the longest time a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court has gone unfilled? Has the Senate ever stonewalled a President on Court choices outside of FDR's attempt at court packing?	4
How did the United States' system of impeachment of federal officials develop into the system we've got today?	4
Is it true that Warren G. Harding bet and lost the White House chinaware set in one hand in a drunken poker game in the White House? Is there a good story surrounding that event?	2
What happened to the Romanian orphans? How did they turn out as adults after being raised in such abusive conditions? Where are they now?	2
Why were the kingdoms of Florin and Guilder so frequently in competition?	1