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Alfred Hitchcock is often credited with standardizing the idea of movie starting times when he insisted on no late seating for Psycho. Did that one movie really singlehandedly change how theaters showed movies after 1960?

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They say that when you’re going through Hell you should keep going, and when you’re in a hole you should stop digging. NSFW

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My understanding is that De Beers created a lot of the consumer demand for diamonds. Have there been other efforts to generate demand for other gemstones (rubies, sapphires, chrysoberyl, whatever)? If not, why not, and if so, why were they less successful?

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We used to joke that if there was ever a nuclear war, cockroaches would rule the world.

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She bent closer to investigate, poking a spot on my left side just below my ribcage with her fingernail, and asked "Does that hurt?"

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"Malignant," my doctor said.

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Card games: Why did bridge lose popularity later in the 20th century, and was poker's rise directly correlated?

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She really listened when I talked about my problems, and sympathized, and hugged me tight, then said it had been irresponsible of my parents to have another kid given their finances.

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When did ventriloquist dummies become creepy? Like clowns, they now seem to be more commonly thought of as sinister than fun or kid-friendly. Has that always been the case, even when Charlie McCarthy was popular?

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What's the history of stitches as part of medical treatment?

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Alfred Hitchcock is often credited with standardizing the idea of movie starting times when he insisted on no late seating for Psycho. Did that one movie really singlehandedly change how theaters showed movies after 1960?	18	AskHistorians
They say that when you’re going through Hell you should keep going, and when you’re in a hole you should stop digging. NSFW	17	TwoSentenceHorror
My understanding is that De Beers created a lot of the consumer demand for diamonds. Have there been other efforts to generate demand for other gemstones (rubies, sapphires, chrysoberyl, whatever)? If not, why not, and if so, why were they less successful?	17	AskHistorians
We used to joke that if there was ever a nuclear war, cockroaches would rule the world.	15	TwoSentenceHorror
She bent closer to investigate, poking a spot on my left side just below my ribcage with her fingernail, and asked "Does that hurt?"	13	TwoSentenceHorror
"Malignant," my doctor said.	12	TwoSentenceHorror
Card games: Why did bridge lose popularity later in the 20th century, and was poker's rise directly correlated?	12	AskHistorians
She really listened when I talked about my problems, and sympathized, and hugged me tight, then said it had been irresponsible of my parents to have another kid given their finances.	8	TwoSentenceHorror
When did ventriloquist dummies become creepy? Like clowns, they now seem to be more commonly thought of as sinister than fun or kid-friendly. Has that always been the case, even when Charlie McCarthy was popular?	8	AskHistorians
What's the history of stitches as part of medical treatment?	6	AskHistorians