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Why has "quisling" become a term meaning collaborator or traitor when Quisling himself was only one of several other avowed fascist leaders of European governments during WW2? Why haven't any of those leaders become thought of in those specific collaborationist terms?

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I'm a craftsman in 240 BCE in rural China, and I've just received a work order for a Terracotta Army soldier. What happens now?

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How were buildings demolished safely prior to the discovery and use of explosives?

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Was abortion legal in colonial America?

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Was there the equivalent of what we would think of as a psych eval for concentration camp guards and workers in Nazi Germany? What would they have been looking for, temperamentally and psychologically?

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When we find a piece of intact ancient pottery, would it typically have been a special piece that was treasured by the culture, or would it have been the average Joe's cheap flour pot that just happens to have survived?

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What would the Roman Empire have done with the woods from crucifixes when they were done with them?

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How common was it actually for scantily clad women to jump out of oversized cakes?

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How did the pardon become one of the president's only six enumerated powers? Seems kind of random among things like commanding the armed forces and the veto.

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Were there ancient Greek claims from verifiable humans (ie. not myths) of dying, going to Hades for a short time, and coming back, the way there are modern accounts of going to heaven for 10 minutes?

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Why has "quisling" become a term meaning collaborator or traitor when Quisling himself was only one of several other avowed fascist leaders of European governments during WW2? Why haven't any of those leaders become thought of in those specific collaborationist terms?	8
I'm a craftsman in 240 BCE in rural China, and I've just received a work order for a Terracotta Army soldier. What happens now?	8
How were buildings demolished safely prior to the discovery and use of explosives?	8
Was abortion legal in colonial America?	7
Was there the equivalent of what we would think of as a psych eval for concentration camp guards and workers in Nazi Germany? What would they have been looking for, temperamentally and psychologically?	7
When we find a piece of intact ancient pottery, would it typically have been a special piece that was treasured by the culture, or would it have been the average Joe's cheap flour pot that just happens to have survived?	7
What would the Roman Empire have done with the woods from crucifixes when they were done with them?	7
How common was it actually for scantily clad women to jump out of oversized cakes?	7
How did the pardon become one of the president's only six enumerated powers? Seems kind of random among things like commanding the armed forces and the veto.	7
Were there ancient Greek claims from verifiable humans (ie. not myths) of dying, going to Hades for a short time, and coming back, the way there are modern accounts of going to heaven for 10 minutes?	7