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"It is the stated position of the U.S. Air Force that their safeguards would prevent the occurrence of such events as are depicted in this film." What were their safeguards? What about the other branches and other nuclear arsenals?

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[Magic] Is the magic in Shakespeare's plays derivative of anything in Elizabethan society?

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Is this Cold War story about maps real, apocryphal, or ...?

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I know that Pre-Columbian America (more broad than we usually like but also the flair) wasn't devoid of notable technologies but was "scientist" an occupation in any Native American societies? If not, why? If so, how did Native American scientists compare to the great "Western" or Islamic polymaths?

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In another sub (to refute the idea of a lack of individualism), someone described Japan as being "the civilization that has most rebellions in human history and perhaps the most vibrant hermit culture in the pre-industrial world." Is that accurate?

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Early airplane crashes

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Who was more powerful, the Russian Tsar or the USSR Premier?

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How and when did the contemporary American definition of "White" as a racial identity come about?

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What were the geopolitics of the pre-colonial Middle East?

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How and why was Western musical notation standardized in the 17th century?

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"It is the stated position of the U.S. Air Force that their safeguards would prevent the occurrence of such events as are depicted in this film." What were their safeguards? What about the other branches and other nuclear arsenals?	4
[Magic] Is the magic in Shakespeare's plays derivative of anything in Elizabethan society?	4
Is this Cold War story about maps real, apocryphal, or ...?	4
I know that Pre-Columbian America (more broad than we usually like but also the flair) wasn't devoid of notable technologies but was "scientist" an occupation in any Native American societies? If not, why? If so, how did Native American scientists compare to the great "Western" or Islamic polymaths?	4
In another sub (to refute the idea of a lack of individualism), someone described Japan as being "the civilization that has most rebellions in human history and perhaps the most vibrant hermit culture in the pre-industrial world." Is that accurate?	4
Early airplane crashes	4
Who was more powerful, the Russian Tsar or the USSR Premier?	4
How and when did the contemporary American definition of "White" as a racial identity come about?	3
What were the geopolitics of the pre-colonial Middle East?	3
How and why was Western musical notation standardized in the 17th century?	3