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During the Great Depression, the US Government hired people to dig holes, and then hired other people to fill those holes in, all for the sake of creating jobs. True or False?

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It seems that a common historical trope is that genius goes unrecognized until after death. Why was this so prevalent, and is society actually better equipped to recognize genius today?

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Who is the oldest human that we know by name?

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During the Great Depression, the US Government hired people to dig holes, and then hired other people to fill those holes in, all for the sake of creating jobs. True or False?	109
It seems that a common historical trope is that genius goes unrecognized until after death. Why was this so prevalent, and is society actually better equipped to recognize genius today?	0
Who is the oldest human that we know by name?	0