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Is the popular comic-book/sci-fi trope of a "super-soldier program" based on any real events, or is it a product of total invention?

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How did young people in the Roman Empire enter the work force? Were "part-time" jobs available? What did they do to earn money and gain experience, if these things were even necessary?

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More people of Japanese descent live in Brazil than anywhere else outside of Japan itself. What did the Japanese at home historically think of those who "went to Brazil"?

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Why did the Chinese or Japanese apparently never try to colonize Australia or New Zealand? They're right there.

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When did "classical music" stop being just "music" and become "classical"? And why?

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When certain western celebrities (like the Beatles, for example) began to prominently dabble in eastern spirituality, how was this viewed in the cultures from which their new ideas were being taken?

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When the Super Mario Bros. game came out for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, what was the critical response to a whimsical Japanese game featuring Italian plumbers fighting monsters?

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In the city of Rome during the reign of Augustus Caesar, what might have made Roman parents shake their heads and say "kids these days..."?

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What do we know about how people kept and cared for pet dogs in ancient Rome? And what sort of breeds did they like?

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Why do so many far-flung and competing religions seem to have the same tradition of using beaded necklaces as prayer tools?

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Is the popular comic-book/sci-fi trope of a "super-soldier program" based on any real events, or is it a product of total invention?	37
How did young people in the Roman Empire enter the work force? Were "part-time" jobs available? What did they do to earn money and gain experience, if these things were even necessary?	34
More people of Japanese descent live in Brazil than anywhere else outside of Japan itself. What did the Japanese at home historically think of those who "went to Brazil"?	32
Why did the Chinese or Japanese apparently never try to colonize Australia or New Zealand? They're right there.	31
When did "classical music" stop being just "music" and become "classical"? And why?	30
When certain western celebrities (like the Beatles, for example) began to prominently dabble in eastern spirituality, how was this viewed in the cultures from which their new ideas were being taken?	30
When the Super Mario Bros. game came out for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, what was the critical response to a whimsical Japanese game featuring Italian plumbers fighting monsters?	28
In the city of Rome during the reign of Augustus Caesar, what might have made Roman parents shake their heads and say "kids these days..."?	28
What do we know about how people kept and cared for pet dogs in ancient Rome? And what sort of breeds did they like?	26
Why do so many far-flung and competing religions seem to have the same tradition of using beaded necklaces as prayer tools?	25