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In Greek mythology, did the titans and primordial deities have any religious basis in the real world? Did people worship Titans before the Olympian gods, then the Olympians overthrew them in battle but also in popular culture?

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Why is it that the English and French people who were terrorized by the vikings were never able to take the fight to Scandinavia?

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How is it that Marijuana is considered forbidden in Islam, yet smoking hashish was such a big part of Ottoman and Turkish culture?

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When interracial marriages were illegal in some states in the U.S., what did biracial people do? Could they simply not marry anyone in those states?

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Was the "Southern Strategy" during the U.S. civil rights movement a real thing or a myth?

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I just saw an episode of the twilight zone with a WW2 vet character who said they were told when fighting in the Pacific that Japanese people were a type of ape and not humans, is this true?

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Norse people settled in Greenland and Canada centuries before Columbus. How was the knowledge of these lands lost to the people of Europe by Columbus' time?

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In the time of the U.S. founding fathers, would it have been legal for a private citizen to own a cannon or mortar?

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Why did Alexander the Great not conquer Sparta?

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In the 1980s why was the public and government so accepting of ozone layer science, when today many are unconvinced by climate science? Were there efforts by industrialists to spread misinformation about the hole in the ozone layer, and prevent regulation?

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In Greek mythology, did the titans and primordial deities have any religious basis in the real world? Did people worship Titans before the Olympian gods, then the Olympians overthrew them in battle but also in popular culture?	2033
Why is it that the English and French people who were terrorized by the vikings were never able to take the fight to Scandinavia?	239
How is it that Marijuana is considered forbidden in Islam, yet smoking hashish was such a big part of Ottoman and Turkish culture?	214
When interracial marriages were illegal in some states in the U.S., what did biracial people do? Could they simply not marry anyone in those states?	143
Was the "Southern Strategy" during the U.S. civil rights movement a real thing or a myth?	69
I just saw an episode of the twilight zone with a WW2 vet character who said they were told when fighting in the Pacific that Japanese people were a type of ape and not humans, is this true?	24
Norse people settled in Greenland and Canada centuries before Columbus. How was the knowledge of these lands lost to the people of Europe by Columbus' time?	17
In the time of the U.S. founding fathers, would it have been legal for a private citizen to own a cannon or mortar?	8
Why did Alexander the Great not conquer Sparta?	8
In the 1980s why was the public and government so accepting of ozone layer science, when today many are unconvinced by climate science? Were there efforts by industrialists to spread misinformation about the hole in the ozone layer, and prevent regulation?	7