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How did mint become the go-to toothpaste flavor?

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How accurate is it to say that Native Americans "used every part of the buffalo"? Is it just noble savage myth-making? Did it vary from culture to culture?

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Was "torchmaker" an historical trade, or did everybody just make their own?

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How much of an impediment was Anglicanism's monarchical focus to colonists' revolutionary tendencies during the American Revolution?

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How common was it for Jewish people expelled by Spain in 1492 to refuse to either convert or leave? What were the consequences of such a refusal?

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Was there any tension between Hitler/Germany and Mussolini/Italy over the fact that they both considered themselves the heirs of Rome, a mutually exclusive proposition?

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Was there a significant pro-Vietnam War movement?

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Do we have evidence of furries (IE, people dressing up as animals and engaging in sexual activity) existing prior to the 1970s? NSFW

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Why did panel shows fall out of a fashion in the US, despite beginning there, but remain so popular in the UK?

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Why did English develop both the word "and" and the ampersand (&)?

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How did mint become the go-to toothpaste flavor?	3
How accurate is it to say that Native Americans "used every part of the buffalo"? Is it just noble savage myth-making? Did it vary from culture to culture?	2
Was "torchmaker" an historical trade, or did everybody just make their own?	2
How much of an impediment was Anglicanism's monarchical focus to colonists' revolutionary tendencies during the American Revolution?	2
How common was it for Jewish people expelled by Spain in 1492 to refuse to either convert or leave? What were the consequences of such a refusal?	2
Was there any tension between Hitler/Germany and Mussolini/Italy over the fact that they both considered themselves the heirs of Rome, a mutually exclusive proposition?	2
Was there a significant pro-Vietnam War movement?	2
Do we have evidence of furries (IE, people dressing up as animals and engaging in sexual activity) existing prior to the 1970s? NSFW	2
Why did panel shows fall out of a fashion in the US, despite beginning there, but remain so popular in the UK?	2
Why did English develop both the word "and" and the ampersand (&)?	2