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How/when did piñatas become popular at American birthday parties?

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I've heard historians claim that when the Soviet Union fell, the Soviet archives became publicly accessible and so historians were able to get a much clearer picture of Soviet history. But why would the new Russian government want documents released that the Soviets didn't want released?

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How did American food become so much sweeter than food in the rest of the world?

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In the third century CE, Porphyry estimated the date that the Bible's Book of Daniel was was written as the date that the book's prophesies stopped aligning with known history. Was this technique widely used in antiquity?

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When did pharmacy become its own profession? And was there any resistance from doctors?

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How different are the surgical face masks of today from those of 1918 (during the Spanish flu)? And when did surgical masks become something that an average American could buy?

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When did the word "empire" get its negative connotation?

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How did Asian countries come to adopt the western calendar? It seems especially weird to me that historically anti-western countries like China/North Korea/Vietnam all use a western calendar.

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How/when did the Turkey Trot become a standard celebration of Thanksgiving?

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Was there any serious opposition to American interment of Japanese in WWII?

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How/when did piñatas become popular at American birthday parties?	6
I've heard historians claim that when the Soviet Union fell, the Soviet archives became publicly accessible and so historians were able to get a much clearer picture of Soviet history. But why would the new Russian government want documents released that the Soviets didn't want released?	6
How did American food become so much sweeter than food in the rest of the world?	6
In the third century CE, Porphyry estimated the date that the Bible's Book of Daniel was was written as the date that the book's prophesies stopped aligning with known history. Was this technique widely used in antiquity?	6
When did pharmacy become its own profession? And was there any resistance from doctors?	5
How different are the surgical face masks of today from those of 1918 (during the Spanish flu)? And when did surgical masks become something that an average American could buy?	5
When did the word "empire" get its negative connotation?	5
How did Asian countries come to adopt the western calendar? It seems especially weird to me that historically anti-western countries like China/North Korea/Vietnam all use a western calendar.	5
How/when did the Turkey Trot become a standard celebration of Thanksgiving?	5
Was there any serious opposition to American interment of Japanese in WWII?	5