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How did extended solitary confinement become an accepted practice in the American penal system?

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How did US education change when the Dept of Education was established in 1979?

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How did Dick go from being a common male name to becoming slang for penis and someone who is mean?

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Religious people use Memorial Day to express the idea that "American soldiers died for our right to worship how we see fit". Did that focus on freedom of religion exist in the earliest memorial day practices, or is it an artifact of the cold war and fighting "atheist communism"?

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How much did the hitmen of latin american druglords get paid? Did they get paid a salary or on a per-job basis?

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How/when did the trope of bad Soviet engineering develop in the West? Was this part of a delibrate propaganda campaign?

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When did it become popular for American high school students to do mission trips to Mexico with their church?

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I recently read Gavan McCormack's "Target North Korea" about the history of the Korean nuclear crisis. I have several specific questions about Korean history and the book's claims in particular.

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When did Jesus get long hair and abeard in popular art? Is this a realistic depiction of how he might have groomed himself?

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How did Americans get a reputation for better teeth than Brits?

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How did extended solitary confinement become an accepted practice in the American penal system?	4
How did US education change when the Dept of Education was established in 1979?	4
How did Dick go from being a common male name to becoming slang for penis and someone who is mean?	4
Religious people use Memorial Day to express the idea that "American soldiers died for our right to worship how we see fit". Did that focus on freedom of religion exist in the earliest memorial day practices, or is it an artifact of the cold war and fighting "atheist communism"?	4
How much did the hitmen of latin american druglords get paid? Did they get paid a salary or on a per-job basis?	4
How/when did the trope of bad Soviet engineering develop in the West? Was this part of a delibrate propaganda campaign?	4
When did it become popular for American high school students to do mission trips to Mexico with their church?	4
I recently read Gavan McCormack's "Target North Korea" about the history of the Korean nuclear crisis. I have several specific questions about Korean history and the book's claims in particular.	4
When did Jesus get long hair and abeard in popular art? Is this a realistic depiction of how he might have groomed himself?	4
How did Americans get a reputation for better teeth than Brits?	3