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I'm a medieval Germanic peasant who was raised on folklore about "dwarfs." Do I make a distinction between the dwarfs in stories and the little people I've occasionally seen in real life?

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Winston Churchill famously got a prescription for alcohol when visiting the United States during Prohibition. How widely used was this loophole by Americans?

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How and why was it decided that American spacegoers would be called "astronauts" and Soviet ones "cosmonauts"?

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The movie “Wonder Woman” depicts the real-life German general Erich Ludendorff as a war-hungry amoral monster who massacres civilians. How close is this depiction to his actual beliefs and conduct in WWI?

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Why are so many of the oldest buildings still in existence located in Europe?

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Is is true that "black" was considered pejorative in 1950-60's America, as this questionable Wikipedia source claims?

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I'm a medieval Germanic peasant who was raised on folklore about "dwarfs." Do I make a distinction between the dwarfs in stories and the little people I've occasionally seen in real life?	239
Winston Churchill famously got a prescription for alcohol when visiting the United States during Prohibition. How widely used was this loophole by Americans?	29
How and why was it decided that American spacegoers would be called "astronauts" and Soviet ones "cosmonauts"?	10
The movie “Wonder Woman” depicts the real-life German general Erich Ludendorff as a war-hungry amoral monster who massacres civilians. How close is this depiction to his actual beliefs and conduct in WWI?	7
Why are so many of the oldest buildings still in existence located in Europe?	5
Is is true that "black" was considered pejorative in 1950-60's America, as this questionable Wikipedia source claims?	1