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Why did Edgar Allen Poe hate the Transcendentalists?

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Is The Gulag Archipelago a scholarly book which fits standards of historical inquiry?

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Was Voltaire a spy or agent of the English government?

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Was Plato influenced by the Old Testament or similar Middle-Eastern religious texts?

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Have the mentally ill been treated substantially different in Ming China compared to how they were treated in Europe during the same time?

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Is the character of Faust in the popular western myth inspired by Faustus the Manichaean?

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Have there ever been significant anti-coffee political or social movements (with propaganda and organizations)?

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Was the YMCA influenced by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (or vice versa)?

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Did David Hume die a virgin?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Edgar Allen Poe hate the Transcendentalists?	267
Is The Gulag Archipelago a scholarly book which fits standards of historical inquiry?	13
Was Voltaire a spy or agent of the English government?	12
Was Plato influenced by the Old Testament or similar Middle-Eastern religious texts?	6
Have the mentally ill been treated substantially different in Ming China compared to how they were treated in Europe during the same time?	4
Is the character of Faust in the popular western myth inspired by Faustus the Manichaean?	3
Have there ever been significant anti-coffee political or social movements (with propaganda and organizations)?	2
Was the YMCA influenced by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (or vice versa)?	2
Did David Hume die a virgin?	1