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Why do Romance countries have so many more place names with the word 'Saint/St.' than Germanic countries?

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Statistically, what was the largest ever percentage economic contraction of a country, and when/where did it happen?

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Why is Moldova so poor?

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Why have isolated communities of speakers of non-Arabic Semitic languages survived in pockets of Yemen/Oman, but nowhere else on the Arab Peninsula?

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How has Guyana managed to remain politically stable compared to somewhere like Fiji, despite the majority of its population being split between two ethnic groups who generally vote for different parties?

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Is it just a coincidence that there were never any Communist nations that were Anglophone?

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[SE ASIA] Was there ever an attempt at large-scale White settlement of the Central Highlands of Vietnam/Laos?

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How much more economically developed was South Korea compared to North Korea in 1989?

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So the US has country music, Germany has Schlager, and I assume most other European countries also have their own equivalent contemporary folk genres. Apart from England. Why not England?

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What was the earliest known society to have achieved near-universal literacy even among common people?

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Why do Romance countries have so many more place names with the word 'Saint/St.' than Germanic countries?	57
Statistically, what was the largest ever percentage economic contraction of a country, and when/where did it happen?	56
Why is Moldova so poor?	43
Why have isolated communities of speakers of non-Arabic Semitic languages survived in pockets of Yemen/Oman, but nowhere else on the Arab Peninsula?	37
How has Guyana managed to remain politically stable compared to somewhere like Fiji, despite the majority of its population being split between two ethnic groups who generally vote for different parties?	37
Is it just a coincidence that there were never any Communist nations that were Anglophone?	34
[SE ASIA] Was there ever an attempt at large-scale White settlement of the Central Highlands of Vietnam/Laos?	32
How much more economically developed was South Korea compared to North Korea in 1989?	26
So the US has country music, Germany has Schlager, and I assume most other European countries also have their own equivalent contemporary folk genres. Apart from England. Why not England?	24
What was the earliest known society to have achieved near-universal literacy even among common people?	20