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Why is the default 8-hour day in the U.S. 9 to 5? Wouldn't it be more natural to be centered on noon (8 to 4)?

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How did Christians justify dueling in Europe and America during the 16th-19th centuries?

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It seems like pop culture in the U.S. was very sympathetic to the Confederacy for most of the 20th century. What was the effect of the Lost Cause on White Americans outside the South and how did it mesh with the seemingly universal adoration for Lincoln?

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Let's say I'm taking a time machine to Chaucer's London. What preparations do I need to make? (language, money, forged documents)

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When Enrico Fermi said, "Where is everybody?" what evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations did he think would be detectable with technology of his era?

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Some Christians sit through their religious services, some stand, and some sit, stand, and kneel. What's the history behind these choices?

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How frequent was it for black people to get around voting restrictions in the South before the Voting Rights Act? Did the voting boards let in a token number of black voters to "prove" the complied with the 15th Amendment?

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If there is no majority in the electoral college, the House of Representatives votes for the next president. Meanwhile the Senate elects the VP. Is there some rationale I'm missing? This seems pretty out of the blue.

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Why is the default 8-hour day in the U.S. 9 to 5? Wouldn't it be more natural to be centered on noon (8 to 4)?	1
How did Christians justify dueling in Europe and America during the 16th-19th centuries?	1
It seems like pop culture in the U.S. was very sympathetic to the Confederacy for most of the 20th century. What was the effect of the Lost Cause on White Americans outside the South and how did it mesh with the seemingly universal adoration for Lincoln?	1
Let's say I'm taking a time machine to Chaucer's London. What preparations do I need to make? (language, money, forged documents)	1
When Enrico Fermi said, "Where is everybody?" what evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations did he think would be detectable with technology of his era?	1
Some Christians sit through their religious services, some stand, and some sit, stand, and kneel. What's the history behind these choices?	1
How frequent was it for black people to get around voting restrictions in the South before the Voting Rights Act? Did the voting boards let in a token number of black voters to "prove" the complied with the 15th Amendment?	1
If there is no majority in the electoral college, the House of Representatives votes for the next president. Meanwhile the Senate elects the VP. Is there some rationale I'm missing? This seems pretty out of the blue.	1