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The state of Arkansas was apparently originally known as the Territory of Arkansaw [sic]. Why would they have changed the spelling from Arkansaw to Arkansas despite the latter not resembling the name's pronunciation?
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In the 90s Algeria had a civil war that killed 150000 people. Why did it not result in a Mediterranean refugee crisis comparable to that of Syria and Libya today?
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Given how linguistically diverse Indonesia is, why didn't Dutch develop as a lingua franca in the same way as English did in India or the Philippines?
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Why is the Dutch Bible Belt so religiously conservative compared with almost anywhere in Northern Europe?
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Given that Tierra del Fuego is not the warmest place in the world, why didn't indigenous Fuegians wear clothes?
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In the 60s, The Bahamas had a higher GDP per capita than the UK. Now it barely qualifies as a developed country. What happened?
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I am a poor and unskilled but free citizen of Rome. How do I make a living and compete in an economy based so heavily on slave labour?
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