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What did worshippers of ancient Greek deities call their own religion?

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If Marie Curie's papers are still radioactive, does this mean her corpse is radioactive too?

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So, I've been forcefully converted by an invading army. Can't I just, like, wait until they go away and then convert back? Did I really believe in this new religion I've been forced to adopt?

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Why was Hebrew successfully revived as a first language while Irish was not?

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Were there S.W.A.T. team equivalents in Victorian London?

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I've got 30 tons of salt and I'm in 210 B.C. If I went to Rome, how much purchasing power do I have?

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To what extent did resistance groups in WWII fight each other?

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Would it be ahistorical for a house in 1804 to have a "Butler's pantry" and be explicitly referred to as such?

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How did the 1918 influenza outbreak affect communist and anarchist organizing in the U.S.?

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Were there active efforts to stop German unification prior to the Franco-Prussian War? If so, what were they?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What did worshippers of ancient Greek deities call their own religion?	12
If Marie Curie's papers are still radioactive, does this mean her corpse is radioactive too?	11
So, I've been forcefully converted by an invading army. Can't I just, like, wait until they go away and then convert back? Did I really believe in this new religion I've been forced to adopt?	10
Why was Hebrew successfully revived as a first language while Irish was not?	9
Were there S.W.A.T. team equivalents in Victorian London?	7
I've got 30 tons of salt and I'm in 210 B.C. If I went to Rome, how much purchasing power do I have?	6
To what extent did resistance groups in WWII fight each other?	5
Would it be ahistorical for a house in 1804 to have a "Butler's pantry" and be explicitly referred to as such?	4
How did the 1918 influenza outbreak affect communist and anarchist organizing in the U.S.?	3
Were there active efforts to stop German unification prior to the Franco-Prussian War? If so, what were they?	3