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How and why did so many of the Buddhist monastic orders and sects that took root in Asia become divorced from meditation as a cornerstone of the religion/practice?

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Would traditional precolumbian succotash have used sweet corn as an ingredient, considering that it does not seem to have been widespread before the colonial era?

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Was living in the central part of major US cities in the late 1800s cheaper than living in the suburbs or surrounding rural areas?

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How did Roman public libraries work?

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Would ancient Athenians have found it strange that Pericles began his funeral oration by calling into the question the value of the customary funeral oration?

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Boston crime syndicates and their varied crimes were constantly in the news in the 1980s and 1990s. Why did they become much less prevalent in the late 90s? Did the police wipe them out? Did they turn to safer crimes?

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Moldy Bread? Vinegar? Garlic? Did premodern people have effective antibiotics?

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Why do agriculturalists sometimes fail to out-complete hunter gatherers?

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Roman Polanski's MacBeth (1971) features an awesome fight scene between Macbeth and Macduff, with both men in plate armor. Is this how men in plate armor would actually have fought?

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Did Christians debate or schism over whether Christ wanted them to be pacifists or practice a more "muscular" faith?

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How and why did so many of the Buddhist monastic orders and sects that took root in Asia become divorced from meditation as a cornerstone of the religion/practice?	3
Would traditional precolumbian succotash have used sweet corn as an ingredient, considering that it does not seem to have been widespread before the colonial era?	3
Was living in the central part of major US cities in the late 1800s cheaper than living in the suburbs or surrounding rural areas?	3
How did Roman public libraries work?	3
Would ancient Athenians have found it strange that Pericles began his funeral oration by calling into the question the value of the customary funeral oration?	3
Boston crime syndicates and their varied crimes were constantly in the news in the 1980s and 1990s. Why did they become much less prevalent in the late 90s? Did the police wipe them out? Did they turn to safer crimes?	3
Moldy Bread? Vinegar? Garlic? Did premodern people have effective antibiotics?	3
Why do agriculturalists sometimes fail to out-complete hunter gatherers?	3
Roman Polanski's MacBeth (1971) features an awesome fight scene between Macbeth and Macduff, with both men in plate armor. Is this how men in plate armor would actually have fought?	3
Did Christians debate or schism over whether Christ wanted them to be pacifists or practice a more "muscular" faith?	3