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Would American sodomy laws have covered... alternative sexual acts, that authorities may not have even thought of as sex? NSFW

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Was the dotcom boom a scam, where most of the people knew they were over-valuing these mostly useless companies and addresses, or was everybody doing it mostly sincerely?

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Today, lots of people conceive of what aliens or their civilizations might look like. Prior to the first contact with indigenous Americans, did Europeans conceive of what they or their cultures would look like?

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Why was the Gadsden Purchase so expensive compared to all of the other land purchases the United States has done?

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Where did Jesus's beard come from?

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I know that Santa Claus is based partly on Saint Nicolas, but where did Mrs. Claus come from?

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Do we know the melody that the Psalms would have been sung with? Why wouldn't that have been included with the Psalms the way modern hymnals are?

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Where did the (very racist) stereotypical "Native American accent" come from, as typified by the chief from Peter Pan?

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How did every job posting, no matter how white-collar it is, come to require the ability to lift up to 20 pounds?

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What was arms dealing like during the 30 Years War?

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Would American sodomy laws have covered... alternative sexual acts, that authorities may not have even thought of as sex? NSFW	14
Was the dotcom boom a scam, where most of the people knew they were over-valuing these mostly useless companies and addresses, or was everybody doing it mostly sincerely?	14
Today, lots of people conceive of what aliens or their civilizations might look like. Prior to the first contact with indigenous Americans, did Europeans conceive of what they or their cultures would look like?	14
Why was the Gadsden Purchase so expensive compared to all of the other land purchases the United States has done?	13
Where did Jesus's beard come from?	12
I know that Santa Claus is based partly on Saint Nicolas, but where did Mrs. Claus come from?	12
Do we know the melody that the Psalms would have been sung with? Why wouldn't that have been included with the Psalms the way modern hymnals are?	11
Where did the (very racist) stereotypical "Native American accent" come from, as typified by the chief from Peter Pan?	11
How did every job posting, no matter how white-collar it is, come to require the ability to lift up to 20 pounds?	11
What was arms dealing like during the 30 Years War?	11