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I often read that police forces were first created in the 19th century. So in the U.S. Bill of Rights, who were the people engaged in searches and seizures that would be limited by the 4th Amendment?

153 upvotes • ArmandoAlvarezWF

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Is the claims in the Wikipedia article on Timothy Dexter "the dumbest luckiest businessman ever", in fact credible?

153 upvotes • H_The_Utte

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Did Mamie Eisenhower actually make it socially acceptable for adults to celebrate birthdays and bring back Thanksgiving and Christmas

153 upvotes • KingBlackthorn1

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The modern era has produced some fantastic science fiction literature that imagines what humanity’s future might look like, questioning the limits of humanity and its place in the universe. Are there examples of ancient cultures producing texts that might be called “science fiction” in this way?

153 upvotes • athozintra

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When and how did "rocket science" become the discipline we invoke to dismiss, by comparison, the complexity or difficulty of a discipline or task at hand in the English-speaking world? Perhaps more interestingly, what discipline served that purpose before rockets, as we know them, were a thing?

153 upvotes • JJVMT

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In 1971, Rod Stewart sang that he could "steal [his] daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool". How common was it to make a living playing pool in 1960s-70s Britain? Was it even possible? What was that lifestyle like?

153 upvotes • aescolanus

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Do modern large-scale organized hooligan fights give any insights into how pre-firearms battles were fought?

153 upvotes • jmdeamer

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Did "survivors" of the Hawaiian Royal Family have a separate response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

153 upvotes • dende5416

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Why did anarchist philosophy never seem to gain the same kind of traction as other political philosophies?

153 upvotes • OnShoulderOfGiants

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When did walking dogs become a thing?

153 upvotes • Lidiflyful

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I often read that police forces were first created in the 19th century. So in the U.S. Bill of Rights, who were the people engaged in searches and seizures that would be limited by the 4th Amendment?	153	ArmandoAlvarezWF
Is the claims in the Wikipedia article on Timothy Dexter "the dumbest luckiest businessman ever", in fact credible?	153	H_The_Utte
Did Mamie Eisenhower actually make it socially acceptable for adults to celebrate birthdays and bring back Thanksgiving and Christmas	153	KingBlackthorn1
The modern era has produced some fantastic science fiction literature that imagines what humanity’s future might look like, questioning the limits of humanity and its place in the universe. Are there examples of ancient cultures producing texts that might be called “science fiction” in this way?	153	athozintra
When and how did "rocket science" become the discipline we invoke to dismiss, by comparison, the complexity or difficulty of a discipline or task at hand in the English-speaking world? Perhaps more interestingly, what discipline served that purpose before rockets, as we know them, were a thing?	153	JJVMT
In 1971, Rod Stewart sang that he could "steal [his] daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool". How common was it to make a living playing pool in 1960s-70s Britain? Was it even possible? What was that lifestyle like?	153	aescolanus
Do modern large-scale organized hooligan fights give any insights into how pre-firearms battles were fought?	153	jmdeamer
Did "survivors" of the Hawaiian Royal Family have a separate response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?	153	dende5416
Why did anarchist philosophy never seem to gain the same kind of traction as other political philosophies?	153	OnShoulderOfGiants
When did walking dogs become a thing?	153	Lidiflyful