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Why is the Republican Party called the "Grand Old Party" when the Democratic Party is the older of the two major American parties?

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The Crimean Crisis is at least partially due to the 1954 transfer of Crimea to the Ukraine SSR... were there any other territorial transfers between SSRs in the old USSR? Or was Crimea unique?

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Is there a historical reason why Judaism and Islam require fairly quick burials while in Christianity it can be longer? And has it always been this way?

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WWII-era American movies, comic books, radio programs, etc. were filled with stereotypical (and often racist) propaganda about Germans and Japanese, but not, seemingly, their Italian allies. Why?

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How did people living in miserably hot cities stay cool before air conditioning and other modern amenities?

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What happened to the school that Ryan White was run out of for having AIDS? Did it ever officially apologize to his family or financially compensate them?

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How was the dawn of the 20th century celebrated?

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At what point did the Olympics become more important than the World's Fairs?

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Why has there never been a US $25 dollar bill or a 20 cent coin?

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Since shouting "fire!" presumably has to do with gunpowder and gunfire, what did military commanders say to their troops when they wanted a volley of arrows or a launch of a catapult?

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Why is the Republican Party called the "Grand Old Party" when the Democratic Party is the older of the two major American parties?	208
The Crimean Crisis is at least partially due to the 1954 transfer of Crimea to the Ukraine SSR... were there any other territorial transfers between SSRs in the old USSR? Or was Crimea unique?	150
Is there a historical reason why Judaism and Islam require fairly quick burials while in Christianity it can be longer? And has it always been this way?	74
WWII-era American movies, comic books, radio programs, etc. were filled with stereotypical (and often racist) propaganda about Germans and Japanese, but not, seemingly, their Italian allies. Why?	59
How did people living in miserably hot cities stay cool before air conditioning and other modern amenities?	48
What happened to the school that Ryan White was run out of for having AIDS? Did it ever officially apologize to his family or financially compensate them?	35
How was the dawn of the 20th century celebrated?	14
At what point did the Olympics become more important than the World's Fairs?	11
Why has there never been a US $25 dollar bill or a 20 cent coin?	3
Since shouting "fire!" presumably has to do with gunpowder and gunfire, what did military commanders say to their troops when they wanted a volley of arrows or a launch of a catapult?	1