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Is the image of people with Pitchforks and Torches based in any sort of historic fact?

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How and why did religious institutions get their tax exempt status in the USA?

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I am living in Ireland during the potato famine and I want to emigrate to the United States of America. How would I go about this legally?

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Why was the YMCA founded?

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I just read in a very old reference book that Charlemagne was "nearly 8 feet in hight and was so strong he could squeeze together three horseshoes with his hand." My gut tells me that is an exaggeration but how far off are they? Would he have been considered a giant in his day?

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Is the image of people with Pitchforks and Torches based in any sort of historic fact?	918
How and why did religious institutions get their tax exempt status in the USA?	11
I am living in Ireland during the potato famine and I want to emigrate to the United States of America. How would I go about this legally?	6
Why was the YMCA founded?	4
I just read in a very old reference book that Charlemagne was "nearly 8 feet in hight and was so strong he could squeeze together three horseshoes with his hand." My gut tells me that is an exaggeration but how far off are they? Would he have been considered a giant in his day?	1