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Why does nearly every form of art depict Jesus as having long hair despite there being no mention of this in the Bible?

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I've often heard that Napoleon was reviled by many in the West as "the worst person ever" before Adolf Hitler. Is there any truth to this and if so why exactly?

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Why has it taken countries like North Korea and Iran so long to develop useable nuclear weapons in the 2000s when the United States and other countries were able to create them back in the 1940s?

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Why does nearly every form of art depict Jesus as having long hair despite there being no mention of this in the Bible?	294
I've often heard that Napoleon was reviled by many in the West as "the worst person ever" before Adolf Hitler. Is there any truth to this and if so why exactly?	6
Why has it taken countries like North Korea and Iran so long to develop useable nuclear weapons in the 2000s when the United States and other countries were able to create them back in the 1940s?	5