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how did the usa go from having an explicit socialist candidate, albeit a relatively unpopular one, to the red scare of the 1920's in roughly a decade?

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Why do women usually have long hair?

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I recently watched a youtube video that claimed the Genesis myth was an adaptation and blending of the indo-european creation myth and the Egyptian creation myth. Does this theory match our understanding of this myth's development?

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why did the native peoples in the usa and canada not have a similarly strong cultural, linguistic, and genetic impact on their colonizers as those in latin america?

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What timekeeping systems were used in non-western parts of the world? Now, the 24 hour, 60 min division is universal, but how did people keep track of the time of day before it spread?

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teddy roosevelt promised stronger regulations, support for unions, and elections for federal judges in his third election. had he won, how likely were these to pass? and would he have reacted to the world war with a similar extreme crackdown on antiwar protests to wilson's?

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how did the usa go from having an explicit socialist candidate, albeit a relatively unpopular one, to the red scare of the 1920's in roughly a decade?	122
Why do women usually have long hair?	6
I recently watched a youtube video that claimed the Genesis myth was an adaptation and blending of the indo-european creation myth and the Egyptian creation myth. Does this theory match our understanding of this myth's development?	6
why did the native peoples in the usa and canada not have a similarly strong cultural, linguistic, and genetic impact on their colonizers as those in latin america?	3
What timekeeping systems were used in non-western parts of the world? Now, the 24 hour, 60 min division is universal, but how did people keep track of the time of day before it spread?	1
teddy roosevelt promised stronger regulations, support for unions, and elections for federal judges in his third election. had he won, how likely were these to pass? and would he have reacted to the world war with a similar extreme crackdown on antiwar protests to wilson's?	1