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[Medicine] How were USA drug laws administrated and enforced, prior to the CSA and DEA?	9
What made the heavy fabrics produced in Duffel so superior, it was worth trading internationally for? Why couldn't fabric makers elsewhere replicate the quality?	9
How far back does the north-south wealth gradient across Italy go? What were the original causes?	9
How and when did aniconism become a feature of Islam? Prior to this, how did Muslim artists choose between halos, flame, and the absence of supernatural or paranormal adornment for portraiture subjects?	8
The pornography industry has been at the forefront of seemingly every media technology and distribution development since perhaps the late 19th century... butt just how far back does that go? The earliest chronophotography? The printing press?	8
When the UK initiated research on breaking the sound barrier, was it purely a "blue sky" project or did they expect it to improve the high speed performance of combat aircraft during the war? Were any WWII airplane designs influenced by the project's research?	8
How were other academic fields affected by the large and sudden influx of aeronautical engineers, in Occupied Japan? How far did the ban on aeronautics extend into supporting fields, like fluid dynamics, monocoque structures, and high power engines?	8
American pilots testing the "Akutan Zero" noted that the cockpit was designed for a significantly smaller pilot. How did Americans and Japanese compare in size at the time? What were the size requirements of the USN and IJN?	8
What place does cliodynamics have in historiography?	8
What were the relationships between the commercial R&D giants of 20th Century America (e.g., Bell Labs, RCA, GE, Kodak... that one really hurts, etc.) and American universities? What about aerospace/government contractors and academia?	8

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