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The Odyssey and The Iliad are fundamental to the Western canon - did other ancient cultures have a literary equivalent to these two epic poems?

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What was daily life like in Oak Ridge? -- the secret city built by the U.S. Government to assist in building the first atomic bomb.

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Is there any truth to William Burroughs claim that Seminole Indians "feared death by hanging above everything since they believed the soul of a hanged man could not leave the body."

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The Odyssey and The Iliad are fundamental to the Western canon - did other ancient cultures have a literary equivalent to these two epic poems?	219
What was daily life like in Oak Ridge? -- the secret city built by the U.S. Government to assist in building the first atomic bomb.	12
Is there any truth to William Burroughs claim that Seminole Indians "feared death by hanging above everything since they believed the soul of a hanged man could not leave the body."	7