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When did french fries become the standard side to serve with a hamburger? Did it begin with fast food joints, or were fries served with burgers before fast food restaurants came along?	1568
I'm a Taiwanese farmer in 1949, and Chiang Kai-Shek has just shown up with the KMT and other Chinese refugees. How does my life change? How aware was I that there was a war going on across the strait?	116
During the heyday of the Ku Klux Klan (1921-WWII), would it have been dangerous for a white man in the South to oppose the Klan?	55
How did American baseball teams in the 1800s schedule games?	42
Elián González arriving in the U.S. caused a fierce political debate domestically in 2000. Was there any contact made between the US State Department and Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through back channels, of course) to discuss next steps and negotiate his fate?	20
Why couldn't Chiang Kai-Shek lead a unified Kuomintang, despite being appointed leader by Sun Yat-Sen?	15
Why couldn't Chiang Kai-Shek lead a unified Kuomintang, despite being appointed by Sun Yat-Sen to be the new leader?	10
Despite Hawaii not yet having become a state, the Pearl Harbor attack is widely regarded as being an attack on the United States. Was there any significant public opposition to war after the attack due to sentiment that the attack wasn't really "on U.S. soil"?	8
Elián González arriving in the U.S. caused a fierce political debate domestically in 2000. Was there any contact made between the US State Department and Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through back channels, of course) to discuss next steps and negotiate his fate?	6
In 1609, Samuel de Champlain assisted the Huron and Algonquin in their war with the Iroquois in an effort for improve relations between French explorers and Indigenous tribes. How did he communicate with indigenous chiefs/leaders?	6

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