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Native American names like "Wyoming", "Miami" and "Wabash" have been applied to areas of the United States hundreds and thousands of miles away from the tribes whose languages they came from. Why?

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How did Americans go from electing FDR to a 4th term to the 22nd amendment passing in just 7 years?

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In spite of being America's second largest city for almost all of the 20th century, Chicago never developed the media production infrastructure that New York and Los Angeles did. Why is that the case?

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Bengal was the richest province of India prior to colonization. How did Bangladesh end up as one of the poorer countries in the world?

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Henry VIII was consumed by his quest for a male heir. Why was there seemingly so little concern about Elizabeth I choosing not to marry and provide one?

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What was the public reaction in Britain to impending handover of Hong Kong throughout the 1990's?

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Los Angeles officially surpassed Chicago as the second largest city in the US in April of 1984. Was this a widely predicted event? And what were the reactions at the time?

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I recently discovered that my only ancestor to fight in the Civil War was a "galvanized Yankee". What would his experience have been like?

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To what extent was there contact between the people of maritime Southeast Asia and Australian Aboriginal people? What impact did this contact leave on the Australians, if any?

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Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo were contemporaries who became among the most famous men in their countries and whose works often overlap thematically. Do we know what they thought of each other?

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Native American names like "Wyoming", "Miami" and "Wabash" have been applied to areas of the United States hundreds and thousands of miles away from the tribes whose languages they came from. Why?	3374
How did Americans go from electing FDR to a 4th term to the 22nd amendment passing in just 7 years?	468
In spite of being America's second largest city for almost all of the 20th century, Chicago never developed the media production infrastructure that New York and Los Angeles did. Why is that the case?	386
Bengal was the richest province of India prior to colonization. How did Bangladesh end up as one of the poorer countries in the world?	102
Henry VIII was consumed by his quest for a male heir. Why was there seemingly so little concern about Elizabeth I choosing not to marry and provide one?	91
What was the public reaction in Britain to impending handover of Hong Kong throughout the 1990's?	81
Los Angeles officially surpassed Chicago as the second largest city in the US in April of 1984. Was this a widely predicted event? And what were the reactions at the time?	75
I recently discovered that my only ancestor to fight in the Civil War was a "galvanized Yankee". What would his experience have been like?	63
To what extent was there contact between the people of maritime Southeast Asia and Australian Aboriginal people? What impact did this contact leave on the Australians, if any?	58
Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo were contemporaries who became among the most famous men in their countries and whose works often overlap thematically. Do we know what they thought of each other?	58