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Is this anecdote or any part of it true?

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What would happen to the posse at the Ox-Bow Incident?

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Why does Sigmund Freud insist that the Abrahamic Prophet Moses was killed by his people?

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Less than 100 years ago, famines and mass starvation deaths were common. Today, obesity (cheap calories) is a real problem in several countries. Which year was the "perfect balance" in terms of need and availability of food?

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(When and) Why did the US government start backing student loans?

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Who was the last known person who could read and write Hieroglyphics before they were decrypted/decoded by Jean-François Champollion in the 1820s?

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From a historical and/or anthropological perspective, are there any similarities between the Hindu epic Mahabharata and the Illiad?

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Is there any area of human inhabited land that has been fought over by so many people over so many millennia as Israel/Palestine

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If the West Indies were called West Indies because Europeans (Columbus) in 16th century thought they had reached the East Indies (Indonesia), why were the natives called "Indians" and not "Indonesians"

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According to the article linked below, Americans spend more money on restaurant food (eating out) than groceries (cooking at home). How and why did this come to be?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is this anecdote or any part of it true?	9
What would happen to the posse at the Ox-Bow Incident?	9
Why does Sigmund Freud insist that the Abrahamic Prophet Moses was killed by his people?	4
Less than 100 years ago, famines and mass starvation deaths were common. Today, obesity (cheap calories) is a real problem in several countries. Which year was the "perfect balance" in terms of need and availability of food?	3
(When and) Why did the US government start backing student loans?	3
Who was the last known person who could read and write Hieroglyphics before they were decrypted/decoded by Jean-François Champollion in the 1820s?	2
From a historical and/or anthropological perspective, are there any similarities between the Hindu epic Mahabharata and the Illiad?	1
Is there any area of human inhabited land that has been fought over by so many people over so many millennia as Israel/Palestine	1
If the West Indies were called West Indies because Europeans (Columbus) in 16th century thought they had reached the East Indies (Indonesia), why were the natives called "Indians" and not "Indonesians"	1
According to the article linked below, Americans spend more money on restaurant food (eating out) than groceries (cooking at home). How and why did this come to be?	1