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Educated people in medieval times would know the world is round, but what about the commoners?

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How did the Hebrew name Yeshua become translated as both Joshua and Jesus?

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Why did Americans stop eating organs?

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How did British cuisine get a terrible reputation?

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In the United States, how did tacos (from Mexico) come to be much more widespread than poutine (from Canada)?

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Why didn't the US intervene in the 1956 Hungarian revolution? Or in Prague Spring?

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Malthus was famously wrong about the future of economic growth, but was he correct about the past?

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Ancient stories feature characters with questionable moral behavior (for example, Gilgamesh beds every bride on her wedding day; the Greek gods engage in all sorts of petty behavior). Was morality less important to storytelling in the past?

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What were Beria's plans for the Soviet Union? Was he seriously considering ending the Cold War?

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How did the Communist Party of Spain transition from authoritarian, Stalin-influenced socialism to democratic socialism? How did losing the Spanish Civil War and facing repression from Franco play into this?

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Educated people in medieval times would know the world is round, but what about the commoners?	8
How did the Hebrew name Yeshua become translated as both Joshua and Jesus?	8
Why did Americans stop eating organs?	8
How did British cuisine get a terrible reputation?	8
In the United States, how did tacos (from Mexico) come to be much more widespread than poutine (from Canada)?	8
Why didn't the US intervene in the 1956 Hungarian revolution? Or in Prague Spring?	8
Malthus was famously wrong about the future of economic growth, but was he correct about the past?	8
Ancient stories feature characters with questionable moral behavior (for example, Gilgamesh beds every bride on her wedding day; the Greek gods engage in all sorts of petty behavior). Was morality less important to storytelling in the past?	8
What were Beria's plans for the Soviet Union? Was he seriously considering ending the Cold War?	7
How did the Communist Party of Spain transition from authoritarian, Stalin-influenced socialism to democratic socialism? How did losing the Spanish Civil War and facing repression from Franco play into this?	7