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Depictions of dinosaurs in media changed quickly and dramatically in the 1980s and 90s. What drove this dramatic shift in how dinosaurs were depicted? Why did the popularity of dinosaurs in media explode around the same time?

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What, exactly, was "kung fu grip" and how did it become the accepted shorthand for "must-have toy feature?"

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Where does the concept of Opposite Day come from?

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What kind of emergency powers did the US President have before the National Emergencies Act of 1976? What did the act change?

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I'm a woman who lives on a farm in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650. What work am I allowed/expected to do on the Sabbath?

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How many of the stories about notorious Jamaican slave owner Thomas Thistlewood are verifiable?

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What was travel between states like in the USA before the construction of the interstate highway system?

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How prevalent was the use of drugs like laudanum for calming small children in the first half of the 20th century?

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Samuel Slater famously replicated British textile mills in America by memorizing their design. How complicated was the design he memorized? How did British textile mills operate at the time?

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What was the big scandal surrounding Halliburton?

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Depictions of dinosaurs in media changed quickly and dramatically in the 1980s and 90s. What drove this dramatic shift in how dinosaurs were depicted? Why did the popularity of dinosaurs in media explode around the same time?	9
What, exactly, was "kung fu grip" and how did it become the accepted shorthand for "must-have toy feature?"	8
Where does the concept of Opposite Day come from?	8
What kind of emergency powers did the US President have before the National Emergencies Act of 1976? What did the act change?	7
I'm a woman who lives on a farm in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650. What work am I allowed/expected to do on the Sabbath?	5
How many of the stories about notorious Jamaican slave owner Thomas Thistlewood are verifiable?	5
What was travel between states like in the USA before the construction of the interstate highway system?	4
How prevalent was the use of drugs like laudanum for calming small children in the first half of the 20th century?	4
Samuel Slater famously replicated British textile mills in America by memorizing their design. How complicated was the design he memorized? How did British textile mills operate at the time?	3
What was the big scandal surrounding Halliburton?	3