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Why don't we call vikings pirates?

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How factual was Andrew Jackson's message regarding the bank of the US?

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I'm an English peasant living in the 12th century, and I've heard the story of Beowulf told many many times. How much of it do I think is true?

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What were gifts between kings for?

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Were gifts between kings supposed to be useful?

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Plough is an old euphemism for sex, are there any ideas what the oldest euphemism for sex that's still in use is? Did any euphemism from humans' hunter/gatherer phase make it down through the millennias?

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Why don't we call vikings pirates?	28
How factual was Andrew Jackson's message regarding the bank of the US?	14
I'm an English peasant living in the 12th century, and I've heard the story of Beowulf told many many times. How much of it do I think is true?	10
What were gifts between kings for?	6
Were gifts between kings supposed to be useful?	3
Plough is an old euphemism for sex, are there any ideas what the oldest euphemism for sex that's still in use is? Did any euphemism from humans' hunter/gatherer phase make it down through the millennias?	2