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How did Night of the Living Dead's undead creatures become the quintessential "zombie", given that they were different from prior descriptions and are never actually called zombies in the film?

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Why did the Quakers who colonized Guana island bring slaves and cannons?

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Do we know what happened to George Wilson (the defendant of United States v. Wilson)?

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H.G. Welles's The Time Machine (1896) is commonly credited with popularizing the idea of time machines. However, it only deals with traveling into the future, never even bringing up the idea of going back to the past. What story popularized the idea of going to the past and/or changing the present?

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In February 1952, Harry Truman had the lowest approval rating ever for a president in the era of Gallup polling at 22%. Why?

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How accurate is the idea that the American Revolution began with the “shot heard round the world”? How much was the start of the war reported on internationally?

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Do we know how many actual assassination attempts there were on Fidel Castro?

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[WP] Most vampires become priests, because they like drinking Jesus's blood the best.

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The highest-rated sequels on Letterboxd

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Why did James Madison, after having been a major author of the Federalist papers alongside Alexander Hamilton, become a leading Democratic-Republican and rival to Hamilton after the Constitution was ratified? Did he significantly change his political views?

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How did Night of the Living Dead's undead creatures become the quintessential "zombie", given that they were different from prior descriptions and are never actually called zombies in the film?	304	AskHistorians
Why did the Quakers who colonized Guana island bring slaves and cannons?	302	AskHistorians
Do we know what happened to George Wilson (the defendant of United States v. Wilson)?	194	AskHistorians
H.G. Welles's The Time Machine (1896) is commonly credited with popularizing the idea of time machines. However, it only deals with traveling into the future, never even bringing up the idea of going back to the past. What story popularized the idea of going to the past and/or changing the present?	89	AskHistorians
In February 1952, Harry Truman had the lowest approval rating ever for a president in the era of Gallup polling at 22%. Why?	52	AskHistorians
How accurate is the idea that the American Revolution began with the “shot heard round the world”? How much was the start of the war reported on internationally?	28	AskHistorians
Do we know how many actual assassination attempts there were on Fidel Castro?	10	AskHistorians
[WP] Most vampires become priests, because they like drinking Jesus's blood the best.	10	WritingPrompts
The highest-rated sequels on Letterboxd	9	Letterboxd
Why did James Madison, after having been a major author of the Federalist papers alongside Alexander Hamilton, become a leading Democratic-Republican and rival to Hamilton after the Constitution was ratified? Did he significantly change his political views?	8	AskHistorians