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Did Plains Indians really use "every part of the buffalo"?

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Why did Cyprus choose to adopt an American-style presidential system of government, as opposed to a parliamentary or semi-presidential system that is typical throughout the rest of Europe?

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How did Tromso get settled? Why would such a large number of people in the 1500s-1700s go so far north to such a rugged place?

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What do we know about Pietro Rombulo, Sicilian courtier in the Ethiopian court in the 1400s?

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The movie "The Great Wall" depicts Western European mercenaries working in Song Dynasty China. Did such arrangements ever exist?

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How did East Germany become the second-most powerful country in the Eastern Bloc, despite having a small land area and middling population?

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What was so "glorious" about the Glorious First of June?

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When did the famous picture of Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir overlooking Yosemite become a popular symbol of conservation?

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Why do some historians call the death of Hypatia "the end of classical antiquity"?

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When did the Los Angeles DWP get its shady-noir reputation?

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Did Plains Indians really use "every part of the buffalo"?	13
Why did Cyprus choose to adopt an American-style presidential system of government, as opposed to a parliamentary or semi-presidential system that is typical throughout the rest of Europe?	11
How did Tromso get settled? Why would such a large number of people in the 1500s-1700s go so far north to such a rugged place?	10
What do we know about Pietro Rombulo, Sicilian courtier in the Ethiopian court in the 1400s?	9
The movie "The Great Wall" depicts Western European mercenaries working in Song Dynasty China. Did such arrangements ever exist?	9
How did East Germany become the second-most powerful country in the Eastern Bloc, despite having a small land area and middling population?	8
What was so "glorious" about the Glorious First of June?	8
When did the famous picture of Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir overlooking Yosemite become a popular symbol of conservation?	7
Why do some historians call the death of Hypatia "the end of classical antiquity"?	7
When did the Los Angeles DWP get its shady-noir reputation?	7