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In episode 2 of Animaniacs, the character Yakko sings the song "Yakko's World" in which he names all the countries on Earth. Both Israel and Palestine are named. At the time, was there any sort of controversy about the inclusion of Palestine?	3167
To what extent were the masses involved in the Meiji Restoration? Was it mainly a squabble among nobles of various daimyos or was it also a population-wide movement that your average peasant would have an opinion and take action on?	78
Why did France's population grow so much more slowly throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries than the UK and Germany and elsewhere in Europe?	56
To what extent were the masses involved in the Meiji Restoration? Was it mainly a squabble among nobles of various daimyos or was it also a population-wide movement that your average peasant/middle class person would have an opinion and take action on?	39
I've heard that the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian approach to industrialization was much more decentralized than the West, with factories popping up in rural areas on noble estates. What books can I read about this approach to industrialization? Has industrialization happened without urbanization?	27
Did the Polynesians have chickens? If so how did they get them? What other livestock did they have?	26
What is the origin of the Reuben sandwich?	18
To what extent were the masses involved in the Meiji Restoration? Was it mainly a squabble among nobles of various daimyos or was it also a population-wide movement that your average peasant would have an opinion and take action on?	15
Why were territories gained from Spain in the Spanish-American War considered "colonial" or "insular", but it was clear that Hawaii would eventually become a state?	14
Is there any evidence that major, non-Catholic European powers, such as Russia or the Ottomans, funded or otherwise supported the Protestant Reformation as a way to sow discord in Europe?	13

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