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What can we glean from the newly released JFK Assassination Records?

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In all the major cities (and suburbs) in the US I've visited/lived in, there are often old large trees whose roots are breaking the apart the sidewalk. When these trees were initially planted were the urban planners not aware this would become an issue 20-50 years down the road?

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How actually responsible was Ronald Reagan for the fall of Communism?

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How much of the Beatlemania craze was deliberately manufactured?

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When did the Greeks stop believing in “the gods”? Was it due to the rise of Christianity or other factors?

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Was there any pattern to those that survived/were immune to, The Black Death (plague)?

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How did Socialism, and by extension Communism, come to be so vilified in the US?

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Given how synonymous the potato is with Ireland, how is it that whiskey became the ubiquitous spirit instead of vodka?

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How hard would it have been for a non-practicing, ethnically ambiguous looking Jew to blend in with the crowd/avoid detection in Nazi Germany?

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What's the story with movie villains (of the 1950s-80s) wearing Nehru suits?

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What can we glean from the newly released JFK Assassination Records?	594	AskHistorians
In all the major cities (and suburbs) in the US I've visited/lived in, there are often old large trees whose roots are breaking the apart the sidewalk. When these trees were initially planted were the urban planners not aware this would become an issue 20-50 years down the road?	236	AskHistorians
How actually responsible was Ronald Reagan for the fall of Communism?	126	AskHistorians
How much of the Beatlemania craze was deliberately manufactured?	101	AskHistorians
When did the Greeks stop believing in “the gods”? Was it due to the rise of Christianity or other factors?	42	AskHistorians
Was there any pattern to those that survived/were immune to, The Black Death (plague)?	32	AskHistorians
How did Socialism, and by extension Communism, come to be so vilified in the US?	27	AskHistorians
Given how synonymous the potato is with Ireland, how is it that whiskey became the ubiquitous spirit instead of vodka?	26	AskHistorians
How hard would it have been for a non-practicing, ethnically ambiguous looking Jew to blend in with the crowd/avoid detection in Nazi Germany?	23	AskHistorians
What's the story with movie villains (of the 1950s-80s) wearing Nehru suits?	22	AskHistorians