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What did Asian countries literally rebuilding after WWII consider, with regards to building codes and urban planning? Cost-effectiveness was paramount, of course, but did any take the opportunity to upgrade, e.g., disability accommodations, disaster-resistance, or some forecast need?	2
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?	2
How did the UK (somewhat) convert to the metric system?	2
How did Singapore pay for its massive bureaucracy as a developing nation?	2
What did Havel's Greengrocer mean to the original readers? Were greengrocers "workers" in communist countries, or was that a privileged position, with Havel's greengrocer condescending to the true proletariat passerby?	2
Is there non-linguistic evidence that the Huhugam are the ancestors of the Pima/later Salt River tribes? How did later tribes' oral history come to record supernaturally-aided conquest of the Huhugam, rather than a genealogical link?	2
Why was the Sultan of Brunei given honorary commissions in the UK Royal Air Force and Royal Navy?	2
What were Mexican-Indian relations in the Mexican Cession area? How did it compare to/contrast with Indian relations with New Spain and the USA?	2
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?	2
Weird Southern California harbor geography: How did Los Angeles come to extend south to capture half the Port of Long Beach and how did San Diego come to have a practical exclave linked to the the contiguous terrestrial area via a 400 foot wide strip of its bay?	2

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