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How did "Nimrod," the name of a skillful hunter mentioned in the Bible and elsewhere, become an informal English word meaning "inept person"?

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Did the Biblical story of the tower of Babel generate any opposition to the building of skyscrapers or other large buildings in history?

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Were slaves ever bred like animals as a way to select for certain useful traits?

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This small bronze was sent to me from England, provenance and authenticity unknown. Can you help me translate the Latin inscription?

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Is it true that the concept of the white race was invented by aristocrats in the New World as a way to keep Caucasian indentured servants and black slaves divided?

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Czar Nicholas stands to the left in this 1896 photograph. What's the name of that unusual jacket he's wearing?

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How did "Nimrod," the name of a skillful hunter mentioned in the Bible and elsewhere, become an informal English word meaning "inept person"?	285
Did the Biblical story of the tower of Babel generate any opposition to the building of skyscrapers or other large buildings in history?	261
Were slaves ever bred like animals as a way to select for certain useful traits?	21
This small bronze was sent to me from England, provenance and authenticity unknown. Can you help me translate the Latin inscription?	14
Is it true that the concept of the white race was invented by aristocrats in the New World as a way to keep Caucasian indentured servants and black slaves divided?	13
Czar Nicholas stands to the left in this 1896 photograph. What's the name of that unusual jacket he's wearing?	5