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What did East African families look like during the time of the Atlantic slave trade?

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"Women were not allowed to ride on early trains for fear the high speed would cause their uteruses to fly out" - what is the source for that common factoid?

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I'm a 15th century Swabian peasant with violent tendencies, how would I put those to good use and join the Landsknechts?

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What is the history of mass shootings in the US? What are early instances of the term in news media?

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What is considered the first mass shooting in the US? What is the first instance of the term's use in news media?

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Shakespeare was an average playwright well known today primarily due to the volume of surviving works. Does the same situation exist for any other "old masters"?

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The 1991 song Body Count, by Ice-T, contains the line "Last weekend thirty-seven kids killed in gang warfare in my backyard". Was that a reference to a real event or statistic? [repost]

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What did East African families look like during the time of the Atlantic slave trade?	3
"Women were not allowed to ride on early trains for fear the high speed would cause their uteruses to fly out" - what is the source for that common factoid?	3
I'm a 15th century Swabian peasant with violent tendencies, how would I put those to good use and join the Landsknechts?	2
What is the history of mass shootings in the US? What are early instances of the term in news media?	1
What is considered the first mass shooting in the US? What is the first instance of the term's use in news media?	0
Shakespeare was an average playwright well known today primarily due to the volume of surviving works. Does the same situation exist for any other "old masters"?	0
The 1991 song Body Count, by Ice-T, contains the line "Last weekend thirty-seven kids killed in gang warfare in my backyard". Was that a reference to a real event or statistic? [repost]	0