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Cerberus roughly translates into "Spotted One/Spot" or "Speckled" (debatedly). Was naming a dog "Spot" already a trope in ancient Greece, or is Cerberus the first of a long list of dogs named "Spot".

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What memorials/monuments, if any, has the USA donated to other countries that is not about the US in anyway.

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What came first? The common trope/joke to name a dog "Spot"? Or the naming of Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hades, which translates into "Spotted".

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"Women and children first!" - What commonly became of the survivors of the Titanic without their main source of income (the husbands)?

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Why does the word "potion" not see any use in modern medicine? Was it ever regularly used to describe medicine?

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[WP] "The water ran red with blood that day. 46 men ventured out that day... 48 returned."

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Why does a machine slowed down by a low battery seem to have a bit more power if you turn it on after it has been turned off for a short period?

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If you were standing on the South Pole and were to travel only heading Northwest, how many miles would you travel before reaching the North Pole?

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Do you get the urge to eat certain foods rich in a vitamin/protein/mineral you are deficient in?

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[WP] You've discovered the one wrong way to eat a Reese's, and it has terrible consequences.

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Cerberus roughly translates into "Spotted One/Spot" or "Speckled" (debatedly). Was naming a dog "Spot" already a trope in ancient Greece, or is Cerberus the first of a long list of dogs named "Spot".	387	AskHistorians
What memorials/monuments, if any, has the USA donated to other countries that is not about the US in anyway.	77	AskHistorians
What came first? The common trope/joke to name a dog "Spot"? Or the naming of Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hades, which translates into "Spotted".	25	AskHistorians
"Women and children first!" - What commonly became of the survivors of the Titanic without their main source of income (the husbands)?	7	AskHistorians
Why does the word "potion" not see any use in modern medicine? Was it ever regularly used to describe medicine?	4	AskHistorians
[WP] "The water ran red with blood that day. 46 men ventured out that day... 48 returned."	2	WritingPrompts
Why does a machine slowed down by a low battery seem to have a bit more power if you turn it on after it has been turned off for a short period?	2	askscience
If you were standing on the South Pole and were to travel only heading Northwest, how many miles would you travel before reaching the North Pole?	1	askscience
Do you get the urge to eat certain foods rich in a vitamin/protein/mineral you are deficient in?	1	askscience
[WP] You've discovered the one wrong way to eat a Reese's, and it has terrible consequences.	1	WritingPrompts