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Did the other Kennedys (JFK, Bobby, Ted, etc.) ever comment upon their sister's lobotomy?

709 upvotes • LibraryLass

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On September 11, 2001, President Bush was reading the book 'My Pet Goat' when the first plane hit WTC. Bush finished reading the book after being informed. Those kids are grown now. Any accounts of how they feel about all that?

709 upvotes • meatspace

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Why did the Argentinian government harbor so many Nazi officials following WW2?

708 upvotes • thegreatratking

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America in the first half of the 20th century was home to many ethnic mafias - the Irish mob, the Jewish mob, the Poles, African-Americans, etc. How and when did Italians become the most common pop-culture representation of the Mafia?

708 upvotes • Mr_Quinn

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In ancient times (Greece, Rome, Egypt, etc), for religious rituals that involved a person meeting a god... How did they deal with that god obviously never materializing?

708 upvotes • TheJack38

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Why did Karl Marx oppose the separation of powers?

708 upvotes • alpha_digamma1

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Floating Feature: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

708 upvotes • jschooltiger

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Was acne so widespread in the past as it is today?

707 upvotes • throwaway2708

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Why were the Dutch so successful in the early colonial period, and why didn't their power last?

707 upvotes • Vambrosek

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Did Winston Churchill actually say this?

707 upvotes • Snowchill

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did the other Kennedys (JFK, Bobby, Ted, etc.) ever comment upon their sister's lobotomy?	709	LibraryLass
On September 11, 2001, President Bush was reading the book 'My Pet Goat' when the first plane hit WTC. Bush finished reading the book after being informed. Those kids are grown now. Any accounts of how they feel about all that?	709	meatspace
Why did the Argentinian government harbor so many Nazi officials following WW2?	708	thegreatratking
America in the first half of the 20th century was home to many ethnic mafias - the Irish mob, the Jewish mob, the Poles, African-Americans, etc. How and when did Italians become the most common pop-culture representation of the Mafia?	708	Mr_Quinn
In ancient times (Greece, Rome, Egypt, etc), for religious rituals that involved a person meeting a god... How did they deal with that god obviously never materializing?	708	TheJack38
Why did Karl Marx oppose the separation of powers?	708	alpha_digamma1
Floating Feature: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"	708	jschooltiger
Was acne so widespread in the past as it is today?	707	throwaway2708
Why were the Dutch so successful in the early colonial period, and why didn't their power last?	707	Vambrosek
Did Winston Churchill actually say this?	707	Snowchill