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I remember in an old history/politics class there being mentioned that voters had to pass competency tests to vote in the 19th century? What did these tests entail?	18
Is their any historically evidence for satanic cults who performed ritual murders, or are peoples fears that some murders are caused by Satanists some sort of modern paranoia?	18
What was the UK's world power status in the first few years after WW2? Maybe 1945-1960, before their empire completely fell apart?	17
When apartheid was enacted, how connected was South Africa to the global economy? Was global trade still dependent on ports in South Africa? Were there any serious economic disadvantages to countries boycotting South Africa?	17
Do we know how Louis Keseberg, the final survivor of the Donner Party to be rescued, spent the remaining years of his life?	17
How did the Mona Lisa end up being permanently displayed at the Louvre, so far away from Florence? And what happened to the painting in the centuries before its permanent display?	17
After the loss of Britain's overseas colonies from the American Revolution, how big was the British descended population outside of the UK? Did it shrink considerably? Was the loss of population an economic setback to the UK?	17
Did the Israeli and Palestinian leadership ever meet face to face before the Madrid Conference in 1991?	16
Why did the majority of free people of color continue to live in the South, and what was the role in society for non-slave holding free people of color.	16
Were there organizations like political parties in ancient democracies and senates in Greece, Rome, or other places? When was the first 'political party'?	16

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