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A recent news article claims that cities like LA and Houston were intentionally designed to have low population density in order to reduce the damage caused by nuclear attacks. Is there any truth to this claim?

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When did furries (people who dress up in animal costumes) become a thing?

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When was the first porn website created for the internet/arpanet?

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When a baby was born into slavery in pre-civil war US, who chose the baby's name?

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I'm a gay man in the early 20th century, and I've just moved to New York city. How do I get connected to the local gay community without outing myself to non-gay acquaintances?

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How did the rank of "captain" in the army and navy come to have such different levels of responsibility?

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How did the Cold War affect Academic Biblical research? Specifically, did scholars in Soviet-bloc countries have different theories than those in Western countries?

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When did Spanish speakers people begin addressing God as tú (informal) instead of usted (formal)?

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I used to have an audio recording of the prayer a military chaplain said over the atomic bomb before the mission to drop it. But I lost it and can't find it on google. Can anyone help me?

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[NSFW] Did Polynesian sailors really use "testicular navigation"? NSFW

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A recent news article claims that cities like LA and Houston were intentionally designed to have low population density in order to reduce the damage caused by nuclear attacks. Is there any truth to this claim?	260
When did furries (people who dress up in animal costumes) become a thing?	192
When was the first porn website created for the internet/arpanet?	159
When a baby was born into slavery in pre-civil war US, who chose the baby's name?	119
I'm a gay man in the early 20th century, and I've just moved to New York city. How do I get connected to the local gay community without outing myself to non-gay acquaintances?	114
How did the rank of "captain" in the army and navy come to have such different levels of responsibility?	107
How did the Cold War affect Academic Biblical research? Specifically, did scholars in Soviet-bloc countries have different theories than those in Western countries?	101
When did Spanish speakers people begin addressing God as tú (informal) instead of usted (formal)?	89
I used to have an audio recording of the prayer a military chaplain said over the atomic bomb before the mission to drop it. But I lost it and can't find it on google. Can anyone help me?	82
[NSFW] Did Polynesian sailors really use "testicular navigation"? NSFW	79