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What was the original response to inoculations when they were first available to the public? Did any populations outright reject them? How did the current anti-vaccination movement gain popularity in the US and the world?	3
What were the roots and causes, outcomes and long term ramifications of the Crimean war?	3
Was there any unique culinary culture or cuisine during, and within the bounds of, the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel?	3
Did Ulysses S Grant have ANY significant - and positive - personal connection to Starkville, MS, its region, or the state of Mississippi at large? I cannot understand why Mississippi State University would host his presidential library if not.	2
How did antebellum living conditions and treatment of slaves in rice-planting areas, like South Carolina, compare to those of cotton-planting regions, like Mississippi?	2
Museum Fremen claim pieces of the so-called 'God Emperor,' Leto Atreides II's consciousness exists in every sandworm on Rakis. What historical evidence supports this? Is this just cult of shai-hulud nonsense?	1
When did the terms 'war of northern aggression' and 'war between the states' become popular names for the Civil War? What other names existed for it? What did contemporaries call the Civil War?	1
Caramel apples are commonly eaten by American Jews for the holiday of Simchat Torah. When and how did this become commonplace? What's the justification?	1
What was the most contagious disease or plague in history? Which had the highest mortality rate? What geopolitical effects did they have? How do modern plagues, such as Ebola Zaire, compare to historical plagues?	1
How historically accurate were the depictions of common Southerners and Atlanta in the novel and film versions of GONE WITH THE WIND?	0

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