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After the collapse of the Greek military junta in 1974, why didn't Greece return to monarchic rule?

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How controversial was the flat tax in Estonia in 1994?

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Until the steam engine, transoceanic voyages took weeks or months. How did passengers (and crew during downtime) pass the time? Did children from immigrating/traveling families make up games similar to today's road trip games?

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Carrying one's own coffin to battle: I've read about 2 instances in the last 2 days, both of them in East Asia in the 20th century (China 1932 and Vietnam 1968). How typical was this practice? What are its origins?

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Before modern banking (say before fractional-reserve banking in the 1600s), how did lenders evaluate credit risk? More generally, how did they determine interest rates?

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Frank Capra was born in Italy, but during WWII made a series of anti-Axis propaganda films ("Why We Fight"). What did the Italian-American community think of his work?

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What was the earliest society in which men and women were formally granted equal political or legal rights?

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Until it was banned in 1927, breast-binding was a common practice in China. In what other societies have people commonly bound (or otherwise flattened) their breasts?

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The Chinese government officially recognizes 56 ethnic "nationalities." Why such a low number? How was this list established? Did minorities initially object to how they were classified?

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Was Apartheid "a victory of the white working class over both the black working class and white capitalists"?

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After the collapse of the Greek military junta in 1974, why didn't Greece return to monarchic rule?	7
How controversial was the flat tax in Estonia in 1994?	7
Until the steam engine, transoceanic voyages took weeks or months. How did passengers (and crew during downtime) pass the time? Did children from immigrating/traveling families make up games similar to today's road trip games?	7
Carrying one's own coffin to battle: I've read about 2 instances in the last 2 days, both of them in East Asia in the 20th century (China 1932 and Vietnam 1968). How typical was this practice? What are its origins?	7
Before modern banking (say before fractional-reserve banking in the 1600s), how did lenders evaluate credit risk? More generally, how did they determine interest rates?	6
Frank Capra was born in Italy, but during WWII made a series of anti-Axis propaganda films ("Why We Fight"). What did the Italian-American community think of his work?	6
What was the earliest society in which men and women were formally granted equal political or legal rights?	6
Until it was banned in 1927, breast-binding was a common practice in China. In what other societies have people commonly bound (or otherwise flattened) their breasts?	6
The Chinese government officially recognizes 56 ethnic "nationalities." Why such a low number? How was this list established? Did minorities initially object to how they were classified?	6
Was Apartheid "a victory of the white working class over both the black working class and white capitalists"?	6