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Aside from the obvious legacy of the Gregorian calendar, what contributed to the demise of the French Revolutionary Calendar?

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How was the US so cleanly divided, North/South, over the issue of slavery?

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How was poor vision described before terms like nearsighted were coined?

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The Glico Morinaga case left the Japanese concerned about outbreaks of Western style crime. What was different about crime in the 80s in Japan?

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Based on its function, I presume the dustpan was invented after the broom. What did people do with the things they'd swept up before someone came up with the dustpan?

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"Women hold up half the sky." Was this a known Chinese proverb that would have resonated with the people, or was it a saying that Mao/his administration came up with?

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How did early Canadians translate well enough for commerce, but not well enough to understand that "Canada" meant "village", that it wasn't the name of the whole landmass/territory?

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19th Century Mormon leadership was notoriously bearded, EXCEPT for their founder Joseph Smith. Why didn't Smith wear a beard like so many other early Mormon leaders?

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What led to the failure of the Deseret Alphabet?

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Descriptions of United States southern plantation houses and Brazilian casas-grandes are strikingly similar. What caused this?

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Aside from the obvious legacy of the Gregorian calendar, what contributed to the demise of the French Revolutionary Calendar?	2
How was the US so cleanly divided, North/South, over the issue of slavery?	2
How was poor vision described before terms like nearsighted were coined?	2
The Glico Morinaga case left the Japanese concerned about outbreaks of Western style crime. What was different about crime in the 80s in Japan?	2
Based on its function, I presume the dustpan was invented after the broom. What did people do with the things they'd swept up before someone came up with the dustpan?	2
"Women hold up half the sky." Was this a known Chinese proverb that would have resonated with the people, or was it a saying that Mao/his administration came up with?	2
How did early Canadians translate well enough for commerce, but not well enough to understand that "Canada" meant "village", that it wasn't the name of the whole landmass/territory?	2
19th Century Mormon leadership was notoriously bearded, EXCEPT for their founder Joseph Smith. Why didn't Smith wear a beard like so many other early Mormon leaders?	2
What led to the failure of the Deseret Alphabet?	2
Descriptions of United States southern plantation houses and Brazilian casas-grandes are strikingly similar. What caused this?	2