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During the American Revolutionary era, was there ever a proposal to "split up" the colonies, with Britain retaining control of some colonies and granting independence to others?

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Movies and TV have a common trope where every executive will have a guest in their office and offer them some scotch from a fully stocked bar on the wall. How accurate is this?

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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 does the Prime Minister of Singapore have such a high salary?

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In First Corinthians 7:3, when talking about sex, Paul says that "The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise the wife also to her husband." Given the rest of Paul's views on men and women, was there an historical reason this is stated like this, and not the other way around?

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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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Why do superheroes wear capes?

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Why, after 1100 years, was George Sale the first person to translate the Qur'an directly into English? What was his motivation for doing so?

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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 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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During the American Revolutionary era, was there ever a proposal to "split up" the colonies, with Britain retaining control of some colonies and granting independence to others?	2	AskHistorians
Movies and TV have a common trope where every executive will have a guest in their office and offer them some scotch from a fully stocked bar on the wall. How accurate is this?	2	AskHistorians
Why did panel shows fall out of a fashion in the US, despite beginning there, but remain so popular in the UK?	2	AskHistorians
Why does the Prime Minister of Singapore have such a high salary?	2	AskHistorians
In First Corinthians 7:3, when talking about sex, Paul says that "The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise the wife also to her husband." Given the rest of Paul's views on men and women, was there an historical reason this is stated like this, and not the other way around?	2	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
Why do superheroes wear capes?	2	AskHistorians
Why, after 1100 years, was George Sale the first person to translate the Qur'an directly into English? What was his motivation for doing so?	2	AskHistorians
How much of an impediment was Anglicanism's monarchical focus to colonists' revolutionary tendencies during the American Revolution?	2	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians