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Outside of the dust bowl, what was US agriculture like, in the 20s and 30s?

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Is there any evidence of top-level Nazi leaders missing one or both testicles? How did the joke start and do we know of any comment by the subjects?

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If Bavaria held the copyright for "Mein Kampf" these past 70 years and refused to reprint it, where did the reprints and translations come from? Why did Bavaria refuse to reprint it? From what I understand, Germany feels very strongly that Nazi history needs to be acknowledged and understood.

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Why was drunkenness such a problem, in pre-Prohibition USA?

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In academia, what do "ancient," "classical," and "antiquity" mean?

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Deke Slayton commented about the aftermath of WWII that "The Marines fought their way up and they fought their way back, and they said we just took it. But most of the Japanese were still there. The Army was more methodical than the Marines. When they took something, they held it." Is that accurate?

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Who was the first to describe the Space Race as "Our Germans versus their Germans?"

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How did the US's economy become so consumer-product-driven? What was it, before that?

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Generally speaking, are recent translations better than old ones?

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What portion of Roman emperors were assassinated? Do we have any contemporaneous commentaries on the frequency with which Roman emperors were assassinated?

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Outside of the dust bowl, what was US agriculture like, in the 20s and 30s?	5
Is there any evidence of top-level Nazi leaders missing one or both testicles? How did the joke start and do we know of any comment by the subjects?	5
If Bavaria held the copyright for "Mein Kampf" these past 70 years and refused to reprint it, where did the reprints and translations come from? Why did Bavaria refuse to reprint it? From what I understand, Germany feels very strongly that Nazi history needs to be acknowledged and understood.	5
Why was drunkenness such a problem, in pre-Prohibition USA?	5
In academia, what do "ancient," "classical," and "antiquity" mean?	5
Deke Slayton commented about the aftermath of WWII that "The Marines fought their way up and they fought their way back, and they said we just took it. But most of the Japanese were still there. The Army was more methodical than the Marines. When they took something, they held it." Is that accurate?	5
Who was the first to describe the Space Race as "Our Germans versus their Germans?"	5
How did the US's economy become so consumer-product-driven? What was it, before that?	5
Generally speaking, are recent translations better than old ones?	4
What portion of Roman emperors were assassinated? Do we have any contemporaneous commentaries on the frequency with which Roman emperors were assassinated?	4