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What's the earliest claim of an alien abduction?

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How did surnames like Mackenzie, Addison and Marshall become popular as first names?

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Were the janissaries a case of (attempted) cultural genocide?

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Prior to European contact, did indigenous Americans have any theories about whether other landmasses might exist across the ocean? Did they ever attempt expeditions to find them?

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Is the phenomenon of celebrating a traitorous losing faction of a civil war with widespread statues, monuments and place names unique to the US? Is there any other country which names military bases after leaders of a defeated enemy army?

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Mongoloid and Negroid are two terms from a racial "theory" that has been considered outdated and racist for a long time. How did the third classification, Caucasoid, persist and become a mainstream term (Caucasian)?

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The airsickness bag was invented in 1949. What did people do when passengers vomited on a plane before then?

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Did people in the Russian Far East know about North America before the European crossing of the Atlantic, given the relatively small distance across the Bering Strait? What did they think of it? Were they aware it was "undiscovered"?

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Thomas Paine wrote that with all of its tortures, killings and massacres the Bible more resembles the word of a demon than of God. Had people criticized the Bible on the ground of excessive violence before him?

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Art historian Frank Jewett Mather described William-Adolphe Bouguereau's nudes as "prearranged to meet the ideals of a New York stockbroker of the black walnut generation." What is the black walnut generation?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What's the earliest claim of an alien abduction?	2
How did surnames like Mackenzie, Addison and Marshall become popular as first names?	2
Were the janissaries a case of (attempted) cultural genocide?	2
Prior to European contact, did indigenous Americans have any theories about whether other landmasses might exist across the ocean? Did they ever attempt expeditions to find them?	2
Is the phenomenon of celebrating a traitorous losing faction of a civil war with widespread statues, monuments and place names unique to the US? Is there any other country which names military bases after leaders of a defeated enemy army?	2
Mongoloid and Negroid are two terms from a racial "theory" that has been considered outdated and racist for a long time. How did the third classification, Caucasoid, persist and become a mainstream term (Caucasian)?	1
The airsickness bag was invented in 1949. What did people do when passengers vomited on a plane before then?	1
Did people in the Russian Far East know about North America before the European crossing of the Atlantic, given the relatively small distance across the Bering Strait? What did they think of it? Were they aware it was "undiscovered"?	1
Thomas Paine wrote that with all of its tortures, killings and massacres the Bible more resembles the word of a demon than of God. Had people criticized the Bible on the ground of excessive violence before him?	1
Art historian Frank Jewett Mather described William-Adolphe Bouguereau's nudes as "prearranged to meet the ideals of a New York stockbroker of the black walnut generation." What is the black walnut generation?	1