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I was having a discussion with my friends about the validity of torture as a means of extracting information and thwarting terrorist attacks. In the past few decades have waterboarding and other extraction means ever actually prevented any terrorist attacks?

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What was the dueling culture like in pre-1745 Scottish Highlands?

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Were saunas as instrumental to the operations and planning in organized crime as they are in the movies?

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Flag of Wales.

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How common was it to be executed for being a "witch" around the time of the Salem Witch Trials?

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What was the reaction of the global Jewish Community to Mel Brooks' The Producers

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Why do we not have any pictures of chinese emperors (expect Puyi) ?

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When would you say the notion of ‘It was different in my day’ really come about?

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Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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I was having a discussion with my friends about the validity of torture as a means of extracting information and thwarting terrorist attacks. In the past few decades have waterboarding and other extraction means ever actually prevented any terrorist attacks?	8
[deleted by user]	8
What was the dueling culture like in pre-1745 Scottish Highlands?	8
Were saunas as instrumental to the operations and planning in organized crime as they are in the movies?	8
Flag of Wales.	8
How common was it to be executed for being a "witch" around the time of the Salem Witch Trials?	8
What was the reaction of the global Jewish Community to Mel Brooks' The Producers	8
Why do we not have any pictures of chinese emperors (expect Puyi) ?	8
When would you say the notion of ‘It was different in my day’ really come about?	8
Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki?	8