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What was the first movie to be considered a box office flop?

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Did Ferrucio Lamborghini start making sports cars because Enzo Ferrari insulted him?

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Early in the Second World War, why didn't the British and French attack Germany while the Germans were still fighting in Poland?

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What convinced the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers to draft Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan?

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Why are hockey games divided into three periods instead of two halves?

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Outside of the USSR itself, which Warsaw Pact nation had the strongest military?

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What do mainstream historians think about Lisa Simpson's revisionist allegations against Jebediah Springfield?

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Tom Phillips' book "Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up" says Hitler was actually incompetent and lazy and that his government was in perennial chaos. How accurate is that?

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After the Chernobyl disaster, is it true that soldiers were forced to choose between cleaning up the site or going to Afghanistan?

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During the Jim Crow era, what (if any) big corporations specifically catered to African-American customers?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What was the first movie to be considered a box office flop?	126
Did Ferrucio Lamborghini start making sports cars because Enzo Ferrari insulted him?	116
Early in the Second World War, why didn't the British and French attack Germany while the Germans were still fighting in Poland?	114
What convinced the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers to draft Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan?	111
Why are hockey games divided into three periods instead of two halves?	100
Outside of the USSR itself, which Warsaw Pact nation had the strongest military?	88
What do mainstream historians think about Lisa Simpson's revisionist allegations against Jebediah Springfield?	85
Tom Phillips' book "Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up" says Hitler was actually incompetent and lazy and that his government was in perennial chaos. How accurate is that?	79
After the Chernobyl disaster, is it true that soldiers were forced to choose between cleaning up the site or going to Afghanistan?	78
During the Jim Crow era, what (if any) big corporations specifically catered to African-American customers?	74