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It's 1972, and I'm the leader of my own thriving commune. What is the bare minimum I would have to do to get on the FBI's watch list?
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa took 199 years to construct, but it began leaning during construction to the point that the building was built slightly curved to compensate for the tilt. Why did construction continue on a clearly defective building?
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How did motherhood evolve to be an independent endeavor from a communal one in Western society, specifically the U.S. from European colonization to today?
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I am scheduled to have my 2nd surgery this month. My intervertebral disc has slipped into my left sciatic nerve. Last surgery was same except disc slipped into my right sciatic nerve. The pain is excruciating, unimaginable. What would I have done 300+ years ago?
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It's Passover right now. Enslaved Africans in America identified with the Jews of the Exodus story. The song "Go Down Moses" was originally sung by freed Blacks - Harriet Tubman herself even sung it. Why, after emancipation, did they then become Christian and not Jewish?
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What is the history of Pegging (sexual practice)? Does anyone know how far back it goes? Or when it was created or tried for the first time? NSFW
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In "Back to the Future" when Marty first goes back in time there is a Mayor running for office he shouts he's running as a "progressive" what would a small town progressive politian looked like 1955?
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Bismark rapidly won wars against Denmark, Austria, and France, unifying fractured Germany into an empire. Then he surprised everyone for advocating for European peace for 20 years and staying out of all wars. Was Bismark the rare leader who understood what "enough" was? Why did he stop?
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