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What were the levels of agnosticism/atheism 200 years ago? 500 years ago? 1000 years ago?

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Why are the education systems in most US states split into two distinct “U of X” and “X State U” branches?

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What were the social and linguistic consequences of the 2002 Nelly song “Hot in Herre”?

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How many countries went into the Soviet Union, how many came out, and were they the same?

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Am I right to assume Thomas Jefferson was an extremely cocky, but extremely talented prick?

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Did air conditioning really cause the population boom in the South? And if so, why didn’t swamp coolers —a significantly easier tech than Freon— do the same for the dry west much sooner?

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What happened to all the adjacent land given out during the Transcontinental Railroad push?

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Which came first, the warning track in baseball or the striping at the end of receipt paper (and/or its equivalent)?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What were the levels of agnosticism/atheism 200 years ago? 500 years ago? 1000 years ago?	71
Why are the education systems in most US states split into two distinct “U of X” and “X State U” branches?	70
What were the social and linguistic consequences of the 2002 Nelly song “Hot in Herre”?	16
How many countries went into the Soviet Union, how many came out, and were they the same?	7
Am I right to assume Thomas Jefferson was an extremely cocky, but extremely talented prick?	6
Did air conditioning really cause the population boom in the South? And if so, why didn’t swamp coolers —a significantly easier tech than Freon— do the same for the dry west much sooner?	5
What happened to all the adjacent land given out during the Transcontinental Railroad push?	2
Which came first, the warning track in baseball or the striping at the end of receipt paper (and/or its equivalent)?	0