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Why is the alphabet in the order it's in? A, B, C...X, Y, Z. Is the letter placement in "alphabetical order" arbitrary? Or was there originally meaning behind the order?
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How long were humans walking around completely naked? What is the oldest evidence we have of humans covering themselves?
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In Ambrose Bierce's 1911 book 'The Devil's Dictionary' he defines the word 'Phonograph' as "An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises." How common were negative responses like this towards the phonograph as it gained popularity?
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The idea of a "haunted house" has been around since at least ancient Rome. When did haunted houses for entertainment purposes begin emerging? Like the one's we visit for fun that have costumed actors trying to scare you?
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How did Dalmatians become associated with firefighters? Have dogs ever even used in fire fighting aside from finding bodies in the rubble after the fact? Why Dalmatians instead of some other dog breed?
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It seems that in the US there is an ingrained paranoia that the government "stages" certain events and passes them off as real for political goals. For example, claiming the Moon landing or the Sandy hook shooting or 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. Was there something that happened that started this?
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I've heard many times that during the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the US armed, trained, and funded a new rebel group called Al Queada, recently founded by Osama bin Laden to help fight against the Soviets. What parts, if any, of this claim are true?
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