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There is an epic scene in Kurosawa's Seven Samurai that has been copied hundreds of times. Was it copied from somewhere else?

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How did the L.A. riots change Los Angeles?

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How was the U.S. army supplied when it traveled through U.S. territories or wilderness in the days before railroads?

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How much did Birth of a Nation drive up Klan membership?

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In the early Ottoman empire, dozens of princes would fight to the death for control of the empire. Are there any awesome stories of a prince's journey to power we don't know about?

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How did the American public learn about the Teapot Dome scandal?

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I'm a Roman tax collector in Judea or a similar region. What laws and policies govern how much and from whom I should collect taxes?

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Is there an unbiased way to parse the meaning of Exodus 21:22?

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Did slavery play a significant role in Texas secession from Mexico? If not, what changed in the next 25 years?

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Were individuals, rather than infrastructure or military units, ever targeted for aerial bombardment in the twentieth century? Were any political leaders ever assassinated by aerial bombardment?

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There is an epic scene in Kurosawa's Seven Samurai that has been copied hundreds of times. Was it copied from somewhere else?	243
How did the L.A. riots change Los Angeles?	150
How was the U.S. army supplied when it traveled through U.S. territories or wilderness in the days before railroads?	59
How much did Birth of a Nation drive up Klan membership?	52
In the early Ottoman empire, dozens of princes would fight to the death for control of the empire. Are there any awesome stories of a prince's journey to power we don't know about?	42
How did the American public learn about the Teapot Dome scandal?	38
I'm a Roman tax collector in Judea or a similar region. What laws and policies govern how much and from whom I should collect taxes?	36
Is there an unbiased way to parse the meaning of Exodus 21:22?	32
Did slavery play a significant role in Texas secession from Mexico? If not, what changed in the next 25 years?	32
Were individuals, rather than infrastructure or military units, ever targeted for aerial bombardment in the twentieth century? Were any political leaders ever assassinated by aerial bombardment?	30