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Why did Charlie Chaplins popularity decline after he gave "The greatest speech ever made" in The Dictator?

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Why are people who are executed traditionally covered with a hood before the execution takes place?

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Baseball fans, what was the atmosphere of Major League Baseball like in America after the Chapman incident in 1920, specifically regarding the attitude of batters towards pitcher Carl Mays?

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Has a US supreme court justice ever been removed from office?

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Why have the targets of US foreign regime change exclusively been left wing governments?

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Why didnt European Jews deny their Judaism during the holocaust?

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During the decision to create the atomic bomb, was there any thought of creating 'smart bombs' instead, to reduce civilian casualties?

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Do we know who the very first suicide due to gunshot wound was?

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Why didn't everyone attend higher education during American colonial times? Was it just something children of elites did?

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Why is Omaha Beach the most famous front of the Normandy invasion during WW2?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Charlie Chaplins popularity decline after he gave "The greatest speech ever made" in The Dictator?	277
Why are people who are executed traditionally covered with a hood before the execution takes place?	157
Baseball fans, what was the atmosphere of Major League Baseball like in America after the Chapman incident in 1920, specifically regarding the attitude of batters towards pitcher Carl Mays?	100
Has a US supreme court justice ever been removed from office?	80
Why have the targets of US foreign regime change exclusively been left wing governments?	18
Why didnt European Jews deny their Judaism during the holocaust?	16
During the decision to create the atomic bomb, was there any thought of creating 'smart bombs' instead, to reduce civilian casualties?	7
Do we know who the very first suicide due to gunshot wound was?	7
Why didn't everyone attend higher education during American colonial times? Was it just something children of elites did?	5
Why is Omaha Beach the most famous front of the Normandy invasion during WW2?	5