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Modern cities bristle with parking lots used by commuters, businesses, and residents. Before the automobile, how did urban centres like London, Paris, and New York "park" their horses, carriages, and buggies when not in use?	117
"You Nazty Spy!" (1940), a Three Stooges short, portrays Hitler as a buffoon controlled by big business interests. Wikipedia claims this was a popular conspiracy theory among anti-fascists. To what extent was it true?	97
How effective/ineffective were the first tools brought by Apollo 11 astronauts to the Moon? For example, was the lunar rover a useful vehicle or just a gimmick? How did NASA decide what tools to send to the surface?	85
Roman, Merovingian, and Carolingian political organization: what was the relationship between them?	78
How did Britannia come to end its union with the European empire that was Rome? What were the repercussions of Britannia's Exit?	76
"House of Cards" (1990-95) and "Yes, (Prime) Minister" (1980-88) both feature subplots in which a British Prime Minister solves unemployment by reinstating military conscription. Was this attempted by, or a policy of, any real party in the UK during this period?	76
To what extent did Islamic traditions (rituals, symbolism, etc) derive from pre-Islamic religions? And to what extent were Islamic traditions an active rejection/rebellion against established pre-Islamic religions?	67
To what extent was pre-Hays Code Hollywood representative of American urban cultural norms?	62
Was the success of the Prohibition movement in the United States a direct consequence of women's suffrage?	52
Roman, Merovingian, and Carolingian political organization: what was the relationship between them?	41

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