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Why is the 'pizza delivery guy' such a classic part of American culture and not, for example, the 'McDonald's delivery guy'? How and why did delivery become such a ubiquitous part of how pizza restaurants work in a way that (at least until recently) it seemingly wasn't for any other kind of food?

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Bismarck is often lauded as a diplomatic genius and a master of realpolitik. Meanwhile, the rest of Imperial German history before and during WWI is characterized by almost comical diplomatic incompetence, the Zimmerman Telegram being the most obvious example. What happened?

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How did poisoning wells actually work?

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Why did Mao accelerate grain shipments to the Soviet Union during the Great Leap Forward?

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Why was constitutional government successful in England and the Netherlands during the Age of Absolutism, but not is states such as Poland-Lithuania or the Holy Roman Empire?

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Was there any chance of Japan attacking the US during World War 1?

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Who armed George Washington's army?

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Why were 2 term presidencies so uncommon in the 1800s?

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Why is the 'pizza delivery guy' such a classic part of American culture and not, for example, the 'McDonald's delivery guy'? How and why did delivery become such a ubiquitous part of how pizza restaurants work in a way that (at least until recently) it seemingly wasn't for any other kind of food?	1876
Bismarck is often lauded as a diplomatic genius and a master of realpolitik. Meanwhile, the rest of Imperial German history before and during WWI is characterized by almost comical diplomatic incompetence, the Zimmerman Telegram being the most obvious example. What happened?	82
How did poisoning wells actually work?	10
Why did Mao accelerate grain shipments to the Soviet Union during the Great Leap Forward?	5
Why was constitutional government successful in England and the Netherlands during the Age of Absolutism, but not is states such as Poland-Lithuania or the Holy Roman Empire?	5
Was there any chance of Japan attacking the US during World War 1?	3
Who armed George Washington's army?	3
Why were 2 term presidencies so uncommon in the 1800s?	1