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A plague of frogs sounds more like a nuisance than a real catastrophe when compared to, for example, actual plague. What were the symbolic or agricultural implications of having god use battletoads in his arsenal against the egyptians?
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Maybe it's selection bias on my part, but it seems popular Christmas music in the US is heavily represented by recordings from the mid-20th century. Is there a reason for this, and will Bing/Frank/Dean/Nat forever be the faces on the Mt. Rushmore of holiday music?
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Did prehistoric humans really live primarily in caves or is that just where remains are preserved due to it being a protected environment?
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TIL That the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in history. Worth 78 Million Dutch Guilders, adjusted to dollars it was worth $7.4 Trillion. Who created and owned the Dutch East India Company?
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Nikola Tesla is usually depicted in modern media as the forgotten "mad scientist" that fought for AC current over the much less efficient DC current of the Edison Company. But how much of this is actually true? What all did he actually invent in real life and was it in fact better than Edison's?
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People have tried to find evidence of various events in the Bible, such as the Hebrew Exodus and the United Monarchy. But has anyone ever tried to find the remnants of the million-strong Ethiopian army described as being destroyed in Judah in 2 Chronicles 9-14?
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Arab Muslims endured centuries of Ottoman, and later British, domination without prolonged and vitriolic conflict. Why, then, did Israel’s founding in 1948 provoke an immediate, frenzied, multinational invasion followed by decades of anger? What made that different?
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