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What's up with the prevalence of african-american characters as brand advertising around the turn of the century? Things like Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima, Cream of Wheat, etc?

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Did ancient Greek playwrights such as Sophocles or Euripides have a contemporaneous industry of professional critics like we have today?

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Why are New York and London the global centers of finance?

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What is Euler wearing on his head in this portrait?

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If charging any interest at all on loans was considered usurious, how did the first banks make money or even stay in business at all?

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Were any Native Americans enslaved?

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Pirates before the age of sail and the "golden age of piracy"

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Do we know of any people or cultures that were ethically vegan?

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Why did Newton write his Principia in Latin?

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What's up with the prevalence of african-american characters as brand advertising around the turn of the century? Things like Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima, Cream of Wheat, etc?	1019
Did ancient Greek playwrights such as Sophocles or Euripides have a contemporaneous industry of professional critics like we have today?	102
Why are New York and London the global centers of finance?	83
What is Euler wearing on his head in this portrait?	78
If charging any interest at all on loans was considered usurious, how did the first banks make money or even stay in business at all?	12
Were any Native Americans enslaved?	8
Pirates before the age of sail and the "golden age of piracy"	4
Do we know of any people or cultures that were ethically vegan?	2
Why did Newton write his Principia in Latin?	0