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US historians: while we're currently enjoying some presidential campaign blunders, what were the most disastrous campaigns in US history?
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In Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", Mr. Bennet is said to have an income of perhaps £2000 yearly, which is said to be a "respectable income for a gentleman." If translated into currency today, how wealthy could Mr. Bennet be?
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How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
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Since the creation of coffeehouses followed the siege of Vienna, why aren’t coffee products globally described in German, rather than Italian? How did Italian become the language of coffee products?
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George Washington and James Monroe were deists. Lincoln had irregular Christian beliefs as well. Today, a Christian failing to fall in line with a mainline branch of the religion would face major hurdles in attaining the US presidency. Did irregular religious beliefs cause blowback for these men?
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