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When Grover Cleveland was president it was said that he opposed annexation of Hawaii, ignoring the calls from the Hawaiian government that there were fears that Japan would annex the islands if the US showed no interest. Was there ever any legitimate threat of Japan wanting to annex Hawaii?	140
In a TIME article talking about the historical symbolism of Montero by Lil Nas X, there's a section talking about Christianity in the Middle Ages. It states that Christianity was more ambivalent than it is now towards queerness. So what caused that to change as time progressed?	104
Supposedly the first bank robbery happened in March 1831 in New York. However the history of banking is much older than this, so were there just not any bank robberies at all up until 1831?	30
When did New Year's celebrations start to become a thing that is so widespread in the Western world? Were such celebrations common in medieval Europe for example?	16
So did cod pieces come in a "one size fit all" or were they customely designed for each wearer of armor?	16
Supposedly Madagascar was pretty close to industrialization prior to European colonialism. Is this true? If not, were there any other places that were close to industrialization?	10
Were there any Sub Saharan Africans that traveled outside of Africa prior to colonialism?	9
Is it true that after ancient Egyptian military campaigns, they'd collect the foreskins of those killed? If so, why?	9
Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army was a military unit that experimented on humans. The top officers were not prosecuted for their crimes and were supposedly given healthcare related positions in the government. How did this affect Japanese relations with its neighbors, especially China?	4
What influence did the Iroquois Confederacy have on the development of the US Constitution?	3

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