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How was Thomas Malthus's observation, in 1798, that the population will always increase at a faster rate than the food supply, resulting in a continuous cycle of population booms followed by famines, received? How is his work regarded academically, today?	3
John Tyler became the first person to succeed his running mate due to death in office, and he was soon thereafter expelled from the Whig party. Was his hold on power in any way challenged? How did the govt function with an unaligned President? How did he even wind up on the ticket?	3
English wasn't the lingua franca of international diplomacy, scholarship, or technology until well into the 20th century; how was the transition to English handled? Was this also the case for air- and sea-travel (fields where Britain had established early pre-eminence)?	3
How was the Tuskegee syphilis study ever greenlit? Was it intended to be so prolonged, or were the initial indications that it'd be a 6-month study honest? Its secrecy implies those in charge realized what they were doing was wrong; was their cavalier attitude towards patients typical for the time?	3
When reading someone like Churchill's works, do historians try to separate the person from his thoughts? Should they? Or should they inform one's interpretations?	3
Was there a dramatic demographic impact from two world wars having been fought in less than thirty years in France, Germany, and the Soviet Union (such as each country presumably having fewer men)? What was the measured effect (if any)?	3
Did the end of the Cold War affect the worldwide nature of the web?	3
I've heard that a lot of the popular approval for Mussolini in Italy was due to the perception that he 'made the trains run on time; did he? If not, how did he cultivate the image that things ran efficiently under his leadership?	3
Did the motif of chaste, courtly love spread beyond French and English literature in the middle ages? How prevalent was it, and how did it spread? Was it a reaction to the plight of political, arranged marriages? How influential was the church in its spread/popularity?	3
Do historians give any credence to the Warren G. Harding effect?	3

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