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Where did we get the image of a zombie specifically trying to eat brains? As I think about it, I don't know if I've actually seen a piece of zombie media treating it seriously.

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Where did backup dancers come from?

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Today a public works project has the government pay a private architectural firm and a private building company to design and build it, with each of those paying their various workers, all using tax dollars. How would the financials have worked on a public works project in the Roman Empire?

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As noted in a popular TIL thread by u/benjaneson, from 1513 to 1972 the Danish kings were an alternating series of kings named Christian and Frederick, all the way to Christian X and Frederick IX, despite being made up of different dynasties. Was this planned, respect for tradition, or coincidence?

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Why do superheroes wear capes?

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Did any Ancient Greeks have the same negative response to deus ex machina as we do today?

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Did medieval children play in the snow?

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How did enslaved people from the "Slave Coast" acclimate or deal with the cold in places like Virginia and New York?

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Was there any polling done in the Confederate states regarding the U.S. election of 1864?

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How do we determine how much of Aztec culture's seemingly extensive focus on human sacrifice is real or Spanish propaganda justifying their conquest

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Where did we get the image of a zombie specifically trying to eat brains? As I think about it, I don't know if I've actually seen a piece of zombie media treating it seriously.	2
Where did backup dancers come from?	2
Today a public works project has the government pay a private architectural firm and a private building company to design and build it, with each of those paying their various workers, all using tax dollars. How would the financials have worked on a public works project in the Roman Empire?	2
As noted in a popular TIL thread by u/benjaneson, from 1513 to 1972 the Danish kings were an alternating series of kings named Christian and Frederick, all the way to Christian X and Frederick IX, despite being made up of different dynasties. Was this planned, respect for tradition, or coincidence?	2
Why do superheroes wear capes?	2
Did any Ancient Greeks have the same negative response to deus ex machina as we do today?	1
Did medieval children play in the snow?	1
How did enslaved people from the "Slave Coast" acclimate or deal with the cold in places like Virginia and New York?	1
Was there any polling done in the Confederate states regarding the U.S. election of 1864?	1
How do we determine how much of Aztec culture's seemingly extensive focus on human sacrifice is real or Spanish propaganda justifying their conquest	1