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How do cities die?

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There are no fireflies in the UK. What did the earliest settlers think of them when they came to the Americas?

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Was there tension between athiests and believers in the ancient world?

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What do we know about the people who made the Book of Kells?

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Shakespeare is known for having coined many words that are now part of contemporary English. I have two questions about this. How do we know he invented these words? And was inventing new words common for writers of that time, or is that unique to Shakespeare?

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How did the ancient Greeks choose their gods? Did people generally choose one to principally follow? Did they just kind of inherit their main deity from their parents? How did it work?

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Have any cultures had gods dedicated to children or childhood?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How do cities die?	3261
There are no fireflies in the UK. What did the earliest settlers think of them when they came to the Americas?	82
Was there tension between athiests and believers in the ancient world?	77
What do we know about the people who made the Book of Kells?	35
Shakespeare is known for having coined many words that are now part of contemporary English. I have two questions about this. How do we know he invented these words? And was inventing new words common for writers of that time, or is that unique to Shakespeare?	16
How did the ancient Greeks choose their gods? Did people generally choose one to principally follow? Did they just kind of inherit their main deity from their parents? How did it work?	10
Have any cultures had gods dedicated to children or childhood?	1