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Did the Confederate's have a plan if they won the civil war? Would Lincoln have been deposed by Davis? Would confederate law have been imposed on the northern states?	200
Why were monocles a thing? I understand that one eye can be weaker than the other. But I can't imagine that a piece of glass a few millimetres away from your eyeball would be very comfortable or even work well. We're eyeglasses considered unfashionable or even low class?	184
After the war of independence why didn't places like New York, New Jersey & New Hampshire (New England!?) change their names to something less British? Didn't they feel a necessity to distance themselves from anything English?	182
What was Germany's & Belgium's reaction when Holland legalized marijuana in the 70's? How drastically did they have to change their drug laws to keep up? (if at all)	153
When did homosexuality become taboo in society?	129
Has there ever been documented evidence of anyone finding (pirate) buried treasure?	119
Why didn't places like New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire etc. change their names after the war of independence? Didn't they want to distance themselves as much from the English as they could?	112
Anyone know why Byzantium is neglected in popular history? For as awesome as their history is, they seem to be the forgotten Empire...	104
In the months and years after the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, was any aid offered to Pompeii & Herculaneum? Did no one try to dig up and of the potential treasures buried there? How did these cities become forgotten for 1700 years?	98
On their return trip the Polos asked the pope for 100 priests/learned men to bring to Xanadu to meet Kublai & potentially convert China to Christianity. Why did the pope only send 2 priests? Didn't he see the potential of the Khan's request?	83

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