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In the manga Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, an elderly character complains that their "propaganda filled education" never taught the younger protagonists about the horrors of Unit 731. Were the Japanese war crimes really taught in Japan at one point? If so, what changed? NSFW

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Macarena is a highly sexual and explicit song. How did it became the "fun dance song" outside of the Spanish speaking world?

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Why does Eric Hobsbawn seemingly never got popular in American academia?

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Is there any particularly reason why American fantastical media (books, films, etc) doesn't take much inspiration from American Folklore?

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The Monroe Doctrine is often described as "the USA doing what they wanted in Latin America". How true is that?

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[NSFW] How did Milton Berle's penis became so famous? NSFW

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What exactly was the content of Tokyo Roses broadcasts

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I have a friend who constantly jokes that "Vikings were just cold Phoenicians". To what degree is he correct?

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I've read a 1938 news article claiming that catch-as-catch-can is a mix of, amongst other martial arts, "of the Turkish fight, of the Hindu fight and of the klima". Which martial arts could the article be referring to?

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Why is it so much harder to find information on Continental Celts than British or Irish Celts?

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In the manga Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, an elderly character complains that their "propaganda filled education" never taught the younger protagonists about the horrors of Unit 731. Were the Japanese war crimes really taught in Japan at one point? If so, what changed? NSFW	1621
Macarena is a highly sexual and explicit song. How did it became the "fun dance song" outside of the Spanish speaking world?	211
Why does Eric Hobsbawn seemingly never got popular in American academia?	124
Is there any particularly reason why American fantastical media (books, films, etc) doesn't take much inspiration from American Folklore?	81
The Monroe Doctrine is often described as "the USA doing what they wanted in Latin America". How true is that?	33
[NSFW] How did Milton Berle's penis became so famous? NSFW	24
What exactly was the content of Tokyo Roses broadcasts	22
I have a friend who constantly jokes that "Vikings were just cold Phoenicians". To what degree is he correct?	21
I've read a 1938 news article claiming that catch-as-catch-can is a mix of, amongst other martial arts, "of the Turkish fight, of the Hindu fight and of the klima". Which martial arts could the article be referring to?	20
Why is it so much harder to find information on Continental Celts than British or Irish Celts?	13