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I've heard that various Native groups knew of and engaged in Controlled Burns before European settlement. Did the Europeans also know about this concept independently?

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In Jesus Christ Superstar Judas scolds Mary Magdalene, saying that her "jar of fine ointment" could have been sold for 300 silver pieces or more. Judas later gets 30 for selling out Jesus. Do those numbers make sense in reality?

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How influential was the U.S. Constitution to Constitutions adopted by other countries around the world?

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To what extent was slavery actually crucial to the Colonial United States' economy around the time of the Constitutional Conventions?

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What were the various intents behind the Nuclear Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? How big of a part did they play? And how significant was the desire to "save lives", both on the Allied and Japanese sides?

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I've heard that various Native groups knew of and engaged in Controlled Burns before European settlement. Did the Europeans also know about this concept independently?	213
In Jesus Christ Superstar Judas scolds Mary Magdalene, saying that her "jar of fine ointment" could have been sold for 300 silver pieces or more. Judas later gets 30 for selling out Jesus. Do those numbers make sense in reality?	35
How influential was the U.S. Constitution to Constitutions adopted by other countries around the world?	10
To what extent was slavery actually crucial to the Colonial United States' economy around the time of the Constitutional Conventions?	2
What were the various intents behind the Nuclear Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? How big of a part did they play? And how significant was the desire to "save lives", both on the Allied and Japanese sides?	1