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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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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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There's an FAQ about why black pepper is the default spice on the Western table. But I just heard a podcast attributing this to Louis XIV, and it seems to be a widespread claim. Did Louis XIV standardize salt and pepper? If not what's the history of the claim?

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Why do elephants have a longer gestation period than whales?

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If a species of dinosaur 65 million years ago had neolithic-level technology, would any evidence of that survive today? How about iron-age technology? Industrialization?

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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.	1	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
There's an FAQ about why black pepper is the default spice on the Western table. But I just heard a podcast attributing this to Louis XIV, and it seems to be a widespread claim. Did Louis XIV standardize salt and pepper? If not what's the history of the claim?	1	AskHistorians
Why do elephants have a longer gestation period than whales?	1	askscience
If a species of dinosaur 65 million years ago had neolithic-level technology, would any evidence of that survive today? How about iron-age technology? Industrialization?	1	askscience