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The evangelical movement is often credited with being highly focused on benevolence and social justice prior to the world wars, and is well known for prioritizing fundamentalism and political conservatism afterwards. What happened to create this shift?

246 upvotes • Spakr-Herknungr

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What's the origin of the marsh/swamp as an evil and foreboding place in film, literature and other media? For a biome with such abundant biodiversity (edible plants, fish, waterfowl) and potential for resources (peat, iron) wetlands seem to have quite the bad rep in fiction.

246 upvotes • Goiyon

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At what point in human history did we have to start brushing our teeth?

246 upvotes • doppleraffect

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Marco Polo makes Guangzhou sound like a utopia, how much of it was true?

246 upvotes • Frigorifico

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What quality does this sub strive for in experts and historians? How is bias avoided and how does it prevent those seeking to spread an agenda/propaganda?

246 upvotes • Dorex_Time

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How is Mao currently viewed in China?

246 upvotes • jurble

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Why didn't Quebec join the 13 Colonies' revolution against England?

246 upvotes • fdelys

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When did people discover it was not the same time of day everywhere?

246 upvotes • whoami4546

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Over the course of 1450-1750, did travel from the Americas to Europe by boat ever improve significantly?

246 upvotes • hse97

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What was the difference between the SS and the Gestapo in terms of who they reported to, their roles and their powers?

246 upvotes • Ledpidus

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The evangelical movement is often credited with being highly focused on benevolence and social justice prior to the world wars, and is well known for prioritizing fundamentalism and political conservatism afterwards. What happened to create this shift?	246	Spakr-Herknungr
What's the origin of the marsh/swamp as an evil and foreboding place in film, literature and other media? For a biome with such abundant biodiversity (edible plants, fish, waterfowl) and potential for resources (peat, iron) wetlands seem to have quite the bad rep in fiction.	246	Goiyon
At what point in human history did we have to start brushing our teeth?	246	doppleraffect
Marco Polo makes Guangzhou sound like a utopia, how much of it was true?	246	Frigorifico
What quality does this sub strive for in experts and historians? How is bias avoided and how does it prevent those seeking to spread an agenda/propaganda?	246	Dorex_Time
How is Mao currently viewed in China?	246	jurble
Why didn't Quebec join the 13 Colonies' revolution against England?	246	fdelys
When did people discover it was not the same time of day everywhere?	246	whoami4546
Over the course of 1450-1750, did travel from the Americas to Europe by boat ever improve significantly?	246	hse97
What was the difference between the SS and the Gestapo in terms of who they reported to, their roles and their powers?	246	Ledpidus