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How was the iconic symbol of a trophy 🏆 developed? It seems like such an odd shape and fixture to use to resemble achievement or present as an award. How did it all start and how has it changed over time?

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How did eating popcorn become a staple for movie watching?

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Before the creation of corrective lenses, what did people with poor vision do?

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How did drug cartels and drug wars start?

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Netflix's show, The Queen's Gambit, takes place in the 1960s. Towards the end of the show it is portrayed that Russia has a great involvement in the chess community to prove its intelligence(actual mental/brain intelligence) over the U.S. How accurate is this?

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If Hitler never took power of the Nazi party and thrusted Germany into WW2, would somebody else have taken his place?

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How did humans consume meat before they knew how to make fire, and how did the human genome develop to not be able to digest raw meat?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How was the iconic symbol of a trophy 🏆 developed? It seems like such an odd shape and fixture to use to resemble achievement or present as an award. How did it all start and how has it changed over time?	235
How did eating popcorn become a staple for movie watching?	90
Before the creation of corrective lenses, what did people with poor vision do?	6
How did drug cartels and drug wars start?	4
Netflix's show, The Queen's Gambit, takes place in the 1960s. Towards the end of the show it is portrayed that Russia has a great involvement in the chess community to prove its intelligence(actual mental/brain intelligence) over the U.S. How accurate is this?	2
If Hitler never took power of the Nazi party and thrusted Germany into WW2, would somebody else have taken his place?	1
How did humans consume meat before they knew how to make fire, and how did the human genome develop to not be able to digest raw meat?	1