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What are the origins of the American professional wrestling's theatrical style?

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Why exactly did the Pan-Arabism fail? Why did the former territory of the Ottoman Empire become so durably balkanized?

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My grandmother grew up in the concentration camps of WW2 but received no help afterwards with readjusting to society because she moved to America after the war. For those who stayed what kind of help did those people receive after the war and how long did it last?

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Why are American phone numbers 10 digits (3 for area code and 7 for the number)? When did that occur and what happened to people with other shorter phone numbers before the standard rolled out?

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The letters I have seen from America from the Revolutionary and Civil wars used very formal language. Did people generally talk like that or was there a difference between written and spoken English at the time?

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When where and why did the concept of someone/something being racist first develop?

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Is the desire of people like bin Laden to establish a pan Islamic Caliphate in the late 80s/early 90s a direct response to the failure of ideas like Nasser's pan Arab movement?

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When did male rape become linked with American prisons in popular culture?

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Is there anything cultural (trends, fashions, traditions, etc) that began in either ancient Rome or ancient China and ended up spreading to the other? If so how close to the original was the thing in question by the time it spread so far away?

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How did the ability for the average person to listen to recorded music via the radio (or similar methods) affect the societies and cultures it encountered as the technology spread?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What are the origins of the American professional wrestling's theatrical style?	37
Why exactly did the Pan-Arabism fail? Why did the former territory of the Ottoman Empire become so durably balkanized?	33
My grandmother grew up in the concentration camps of WW2 but received no help afterwards with readjusting to society because she moved to America after the war. For those who stayed what kind of help did those people receive after the war and how long did it last?	27
Why are American phone numbers 10 digits (3 for area code and 7 for the number)? When did that occur and what happened to people with other shorter phone numbers before the standard rolled out?	17
The letters I have seen from America from the Revolutionary and Civil wars used very formal language. Did people generally talk like that or was there a difference between written and spoken English at the time?	14
When where and why did the concept of someone/something being racist first develop?	13
Is the desire of people like bin Laden to establish a pan Islamic Caliphate in the late 80s/early 90s a direct response to the failure of ideas like Nasser's pan Arab movement?	11
When did male rape become linked with American prisons in popular culture?	11
Is there anything cultural (trends, fashions, traditions, etc) that began in either ancient Rome or ancient China and ended up spreading to the other? If so how close to the original was the thing in question by the time it spread so far away?	11
How did the ability for the average person to listen to recorded music via the radio (or similar methods) affect the societies and cultures it encountered as the technology spread?	10