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Rome often approached the religions and spiritual belief systems of other peoples and cultures by claiming that their deific beings were the same as their own, but under other names. What is be origin of this mentality, why did it stop? Why does it not persist into our modern era?
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What is the origin of the stereotypical Gestapo officer as being a tall, pale, skinny, clean-shaven man in round spectacles with a black fedora and leather trench coat?
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What were the lasting effects from the 1918 influenza pandemic? Any laws or mandates passed in that time that we still have today?
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How would one prove "ownership" of a horse during heyday of equine transportation? Were there papers/registration as we have today with cars? How would disputes in ownership be resolved?
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Can anyone shed some light on the transition from midwifes delivering babies in the United States to babies being delivered by doctors in hospitals?
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When archeologists open something that's been sealed off from the rest of the world for a long time, how do they ensure that they don't release a now-extinct virus from that time period in the process?
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Why were Japanese royalty called “imperial”? I can’t find anywhere that they were emperors in a Western sense. Why was this translation chosen?
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