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In the later Roman Empire, the Senate would inaugurate new emperors with the blessing that they would hopefully "be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan". Why was Augustus considered to be the more fortunate of the two emperors, while Trajan was considered to be the better one?	405
All former presidents except Washington were alive for the 1824 election. Did they express any opinions about that unusual election and how it turned out?	22
When Bush43 launched his presidential bid in 1999, Bush41 had just 7 years earlier lost the presidency to the popular Clinton whose VP was the likely nominee. It obviously was successful, but at the time why did GOP officials/primary voters/Bush himself think Bush wouldn't be too risky to nominate?	16
Why did Columbus think that he landed in India rather than China	15
While the framers of the Constitution were still alive, did the Supreme Court ever determine cases by simply asking the framers what the "correct" interpretation was?	13
Did the increasingly rapid technological advancement ushered in by the industrial revolution alter peoples' perceptions and stereotypes of different generations compared to earlier time periods where technology advanced more slowly?	5
Did Stalin personally order and approve the falsifying of evidence against his political opponents and their subsequent show trials? Or was it more a case of Stalin asking his secret police to see if his opponents were doing anything illegal *wink wink?	4
Two-time major 3rd party presidential candidate and multi-billionare Ross Perot dies aged 89. How did he influence history and what legacy did he leave behind?	3
At what point did people realize that there was zero gravity felt in space?	1

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