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Where did the belief that people who die by suicide go to hell come from?

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If Russia started poor and then sustained many losses in WWII, how could they immediately rise to be the #2 superpower in the Cold War?

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Was the US women’s suffrage movement entirely peaceful and nonviolent? How did they succeed?

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How did the anti-religion policy of communist countries affect them (if at all)? Any immediate consequences or longer lasting ones?

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What did job searching look like in the past? Was it really trivially easy, and what did unemployment look like back then if unemployment rates were similar?

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During the Cold War, were “doomer” feelings prevalent, similar to feelings around an impending climate crisis today? How did people cope?

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When the New World was being discovered and colonized, did Japan want a piece too?

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Was the French Revolution really due to wealth/income inequality, or is it more complex? The inequality now is greater than it was then, and we’re nowhere close to revolution.

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Why are there so many more Muslims than Jews today if they both faced violence from Christians for thousands of years?

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After WW2, why did the Allies de-nazify Germany so much more than Japan, given all the control the US had over Japan?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Where did the belief that people who die by suicide go to hell come from?	24
If Russia started poor and then sustained many losses in WWII, how could they immediately rise to be the #2 superpower in the Cold War?	5
Was the US women’s suffrage movement entirely peaceful and nonviolent? How did they succeed?	2
How did the anti-religion policy of communist countries affect them (if at all)? Any immediate consequences or longer lasting ones?	1
What did job searching look like in the past? Was it really trivially easy, and what did unemployment look like back then if unemployment rates were similar?	1
During the Cold War, were “doomer” feelings prevalent, similar to feelings around an impending climate crisis today? How did people cope?	0
When the New World was being discovered and colonized, did Japan want a piece too?	0
Was the French Revolution really due to wealth/income inequality, or is it more complex? The inequality now is greater than it was then, and we’re nowhere close to revolution.	0
Why are there so many more Muslims than Jews today if they both faced violence from Christians for thousands of years?	0
After WW2, why did the Allies de-nazify Germany so much more than Japan, given all the control the US had over Japan?	0