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What happened to America’s wooden playgrounds?

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Why is milk still refrigerated in the US?

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How did contemporaries know that Dreadnaughts obsoleted all existing battleships?

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Why do English speakers refer to U-boats as such and not just “submarines?”

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We’re American house painters in an uproar when leaded paint was banned in 1978?

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Why would a moderate northerner in the election of 1860 vote for Lincoln?

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What did a WW2 coded message sound like over the radio?

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Why did officers in the British Army have to purchase commissions but NOT those in the navy?

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Why are the twelve days of Christmas so bird heavy?

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Where did the goofy Richard Nixon voice originate?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What happened to America’s wooden playgrounds?	58
Why is milk still refrigerated in the US?	54
How did contemporaries know that Dreadnaughts obsoleted all existing battleships?	31
Why do English speakers refer to U-boats as such and not just “submarines?”	29
We’re American house painters in an uproar when leaded paint was banned in 1978?	29
Why would a moderate northerner in the election of 1860 vote for Lincoln?	25
What did a WW2 coded message sound like over the radio?	24
Why did officers in the British Army have to purchase commissions but NOT those in the navy?	21
Why are the twelve days of Christmas so bird heavy?	21
Where did the goofy Richard Nixon voice originate?	17