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Can anybody recommend a good, accurate, highly readable book on the history of coffee?

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So consuming avocados dates back to 10,000 BC in ancient Mexico. If I time traveled back to that time, would that avocado taste like the avocados we have in the store today?

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Reading John Lennon's last interview in Playboy and he claims his song "'I Feel Fine" was the first song to ever use feedback intentionally. Is that true?

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Any historical evidence that the Knights Templar actually searched for a religious relic known as the holy Grail during their time in Jerusalem?

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What is the oldest thing on the planet that I could touch?

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How does Coca-Cola (and other sodas) get volatile oils (Flavoring oils) to dissolve in their water-based sodas?

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During the Plains Wars of the late 19th century, how were the Native American fighters able to obtain rifles and ammunition? Surely they were not fighting modern rifle equipped cavalry with bows, arrows, and tomahawks?

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When cocaine first came on the scene in the 1960s and 70s, did people see it as a relatively harmless party drug?

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Are there certain types of arguments which have been shown to be successful at changing people's long-held seemingly intractable opinions?

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Claim: "Fourth-generation nuclear power plants will use current nuclear waste products as fuel." Is that true?

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Can anybody recommend a good, accurate, highly readable book on the history of coffee?	24	AskHistorians
So consuming avocados dates back to 10,000 BC in ancient Mexico. If I time traveled back to that time, would that avocado taste like the avocados we have in the store today?	22	AskHistorians
Reading John Lennon's last interview in Playboy and he claims his song "'I Feel Fine" was the first song to ever use feedback intentionally. Is that true?	21	AskHistorians
Any historical evidence that the Knights Templar actually searched for a religious relic known as the holy Grail during their time in Jerusalem?	21	AskHistorians
What is the oldest thing on the planet that I could touch?	21	askscience
How does Coca-Cola (and other sodas) get volatile oils (Flavoring oils) to dissolve in their water-based sodas?	21	askscience
During the Plains Wars of the late 19th century, how were the Native American fighters able to obtain rifles and ammunition? Surely they were not fighting modern rifle equipped cavalry with bows, arrows, and tomahawks?	19	AskHistorians
When cocaine first came on the scene in the 1960s and 70s, did people see it as a relatively harmless party drug?	18	AskHistorians
Are there certain types of arguments which have been shown to be successful at changing people's long-held seemingly intractable opinions?	18	askscience
Claim: "Fourth-generation nuclear power plants will use current nuclear waste products as fuel." Is that true?	15	askscience