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Throughout the Roman Empire, “Augustus” was generally the senior title, while “Caesar” alone was generally reserved for junior emperors. Why did Caesar end up getting adopted into so many European monarchy titles (ie Kaiser, Tsar), rather than Augustus?	456
How were the bastards of noble lords typically handled in medieval England?	75
In 1954-56, Ho Chi Minh's DRV government was dramatically more popular than the souther State of Vietnam. Yet over that same time period hundreds of thousands of refugees went from north to south. Why was there such a mass movement from the region of a more popular government to a less popular one?	27
In Hamilton, New York is referred to as the "greatest city in the world" during a song set in 1776. This seems obviously anachronistic. When would New York first have been considered to be one of the greatest cultural and economic centers of the world?	8
How and why did eggs become known as a "breakfast food"	1
When did Nazism become widely considered a form of fascism?	1
Mussolini initially enjoyed a lot of popularity and celebrity abroad from figures like Churchill, Gandhi, Chamberlain, Kipling, etc. However Hitler appears to have been an international pariah from the beginning. Why was there such a divergence in international attitudes between the two?	1
How was alcohol withdrawal managed in the early days of prohibition? Was there a large spike in hospital visits/admissions for withdrawal?	1
I’ve heard it said that many former Know-Nothings joined the Republican Party because the Democratic Party was viewed as the party of Catholics and Immigrants. What drew immigrant groups to the Democratic Party?	1

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