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Why is it that Japanese Shinto, as a native pantheon survived as an organized religion despite the influx of foreign religions such as Buddhism and Christianity - While in Korea, Korean shamanism was displaced by Buddhism, Confucianism and Christianity?	37
The Roman and Greek triremes and galleys, and the Viking longships seem to lack bathrooms and toilets. For the sailors of the said ships, how do they bathe or take a shit or piss if they need to use the toilet?	36
There are 45 million US German-Americans, and the largest ancestry group reported by US Census Bureau, how come that modern America seems to lack a visible German cultural heritage?	34
Tetris was made in the USSR in 1984. How can a video game from the Soviet Union become so popular amidst a government known for censorship? Did this mean that the Soviet Union had a video game industry?	32
Dynastic China has the Three Departments and Six Ministries. How similar or different is this to modern government departments/ministries today i.e US Cabinet?	31
What are the gender of the Celtic Druids? Are the Druids virtually all men? Is there evidence of female Druids?	31
How did it came about that we do not call Japan an Empire today even though its current head of state Akihito is still officially referred to as "Emperor"?	30
To what extent did H.P Lovecraft's personal beliefs and philosophy affect his own writings and literature?	28
Why is it that no nation today still uses the word "Empire" in its official title?	28
How did Roman mail work? How do they know where to send letters to recipients? Do they have addresses and was there an ancient Roman ZIP code equivalent?	27

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