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Were Pacific Islander cultures ever sufficiently remote/detached to consider the entire world as simply an ocean dotted by chains of islands? If so, did they have a name or ideological/religious concept for this theoretically "endless ocean"?

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Did early Texas cede its northern territories(In modern-day Colorado, Idaho, Oklahoma, etc) specifically so in an effort to be able to be a slave state, as per the Missouri Compromise?

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If Japan and China were demeaning of women, why was the Japanese Shinto deity a woman(Amaterasu)?

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How bad were the Troubles, and how is it treated today in Ireland and the UK?

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How old is the universe according to Greek mythology?[sorry if this doesn't belong here]

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If the arch of Stonehenge that demarcated the summer solstice had fallen, would historians have even the faintest idea of its purpose?

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How would the Maya celebrate the B'ak'tun in 30 minutes, should they still be a civilization?

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Was the Truman Doctrine a genuinely bad idea?

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Were Pacific Islander cultures ever sufficiently remote/detached to consider the entire world as simply an ocean dotted by chains of islands? If so, did they have a name or ideological/religious concept for this theoretically "endless ocean"?	3625
Did early Texas cede its northern territories(In modern-day Colorado, Idaho, Oklahoma, etc) specifically so in an effort to be able to be a slave state, as per the Missouri Compromise?	28
If Japan and China were demeaning of women, why was the Japanese Shinto deity a woman(Amaterasu)?	9
How bad were the Troubles, and how is it treated today in Ireland and the UK?	1
How old is the universe according to Greek mythology?[sorry if this doesn't belong here]	1
If the arch of Stonehenge that demarcated the summer solstice had fallen, would historians have even the faintest idea of its purpose?	1
How would the Maya celebrate the B'ak'tun in 30 minutes, should they still be a civilization?	0
Was the Truman Doctrine a genuinely bad idea?	0