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Why didn't any of the Anglosphere countries become fascist or communist during the 20th century, like many other western nations did?

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Alfred Hitchcock's final movie was 'Family Plot' in 1976. Was this the last film made by a director from the silent era?

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Is the Tractatus Coislinianus a summary of the lost second book of Aristotle's poetics?

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Was Ned Ludd, the supposed person from whom the Luddites took their name, a real person?

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The life expectancy in Algeria in 1930 was 32. By the year 2001 it was 70. What happened to make it increase by so much?

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Why did so many important logicians come from Poland during the twentieth century?

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Did Bertrand Russell have sex with T. S. Eliot's wife and then deny it for years?

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Was the French philosopher Descartes a Catholic spy?

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What was the Catholic Church's contemporary reaction to the suffragette movement?

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What is the origin of the traditional phrasing used in Anglican wedding ceremonies?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why didn't any of the Anglosphere countries become fascist or communist during the 20th century, like many other western nations did?	205
Alfred Hitchcock's final movie was 'Family Plot' in 1976. Was this the last film made by a director from the silent era?	23
Is the Tractatus Coislinianus a summary of the lost second book of Aristotle's poetics?	11
Was Ned Ludd, the supposed person from whom the Luddites took their name, a real person?	8
The life expectancy in Algeria in 1930 was 32. By the year 2001 it was 70. What happened to make it increase by so much?	5
Why did so many important logicians come from Poland during the twentieth century?	3
Did Bertrand Russell have sex with T. S. Eliot's wife and then deny it for years?	1
Was the French philosopher Descartes a Catholic spy?	1
What was the Catholic Church's contemporary reaction to the suffragette movement?	1
What is the origin of the traditional phrasing used in Anglican wedding ceremonies?	1