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Girolamo Savonarola: hero or villain?

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What’s the origin of the popular fiction trope that vampires and werewolves are enemies?

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In around the 6th century CE, Ethiopian states invaded the Arabian Peninsula. Given that the Ethiopian highlands are separated from Arabia by very rugged terrain and the Red Sea, why and how did they do this?

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Did the Framers of the U.S. Constitution have a plan for how to run the United States if some states never ratified the Constitution?

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Organization of United States District Courts

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Why is the part of the UK on the island of Ireland called “Northern Ireland” rather than “ulster” or “North Ireland”?

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Why did James Smithson and Cecil Rhodes devote considerable fortunes to science and education in the United States- a foreign country for both of them?

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History of Jerusalem-area Christian religious sites like the Cenacle and Calvary/Jesus's tomb

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How did the “gold standard” (precious-metal backed currency) work in practice?

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Why do some geographic names (in English) seem to get re-used to describe unrelated areas (such as Albania, Iberia, Brest, Galicia, Zealand, Sudan, Ghana)

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Girolamo Savonarola: hero or villain?	1
What’s the origin of the popular fiction trope that vampires and werewolves are enemies?	1
In around the 6th century CE, Ethiopian states invaded the Arabian Peninsula. Given that the Ethiopian highlands are separated from Arabia by very rugged terrain and the Red Sea, why and how did they do this?	1
Did the Framers of the U.S. Constitution have a plan for how to run the United States if some states never ratified the Constitution?	1
Organization of United States District Courts	1
Why is the part of the UK on the island of Ireland called “Northern Ireland” rather than “ulster” or “North Ireland”?	1
Why did James Smithson and Cecil Rhodes devote considerable fortunes to science and education in the United States- a foreign country for both of them?	1
History of Jerusalem-area Christian religious sites like the Cenacle and Calvary/Jesus's tomb	1
How did the “gold standard” (precious-metal backed currency) work in practice?	1
Why do some geographic names (in English) seem to get re-used to describe unrelated areas (such as Albania, Iberia, Brest, Galicia, Zealand, Sudan, Ghana)	1