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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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Modern Asian cartoons commonly use "devil horns" for the bad guy. Is something adopted from Western/Christian culture or does it have deeper roots in Asian culture?

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On 11 September 1973, a military junta overthrew the communist goverment of Salvadore Allende. Did Allende really commit suicide, or is this likely a story made up by the military?

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

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Why did Christmas become a more important secular holiday than Easter?

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How/when was the magic wand adopted for performance magicians?

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Why did the US stop printing large denomination bills? (i.e. $500, $1k, $5k, $10k, $100k)

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When did having lifeguards at pools and beaches become the norm?

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In Jesus's parable of the talents, a servant is accosted for burying a talent rather than putting it in a bank and getting interest on it. Could a servant in ancient Judea actually open a bank account and get interest on a single talent?

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In the 1960s, The Committee for NonViolent Action led multiple trips where Americans visited North Vietnam to protest the war. How were they able to gain the trust of the North Vietnamese and arrange the logistics for such a trip?

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When did it become popular for American high school students to do mission trips to Mexico with their church?	4	AskHistorians
Modern Asian cartoons commonly use "devil horns" for the bad guy. Is something adopted from Western/Christian culture or does it have deeper roots in Asian culture?	3	AskHistorians
On 11 September 1973, a military junta overthrew the communist goverment of Salvadore Allende. Did Allende really commit suicide, or is this likely a story made up by the military?	3	AskHistorians
How did Americans get a reputation for better teeth than Brits?	3	AskHistorians
Why did Christmas become a more important secular holiday than Easter?	3	AskHistorians
How/when was the magic wand adopted for performance magicians?	3	AskHistorians
Why did the US stop printing large denomination bills? (i.e. $500, $1k, $5k, $10k, $100k)	3	AskHistorians
When did having lifeguards at pools and beaches become the norm?	3	AskHistorians
In Jesus's parable of the talents, a servant is accosted for burying a talent rather than putting it in a bank and getting interest on it. Could a servant in ancient Judea actually open a bank account and get interest on a single talent?	3	AskHistorians
In the 1960s, The Committee for NonViolent Action led multiple trips where Americans visited North Vietnam to protest the war. How were they able to gain the trust of the North Vietnamese and arrange the logistics for such a trip?	3	AskHistorians