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Meso-American myths and rituals often use cactus spines, from people pricking themselves to mythical creatures giving them as symbolic gifts. What was their symbolism and what was the reasoning behind pricking themselves?

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Were patriarchal attitudes a primary reason that women had so many children in medieval Christian Europe?

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What are the reasons for Germany's failure on the Eastern Front in WW2?

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What was the cultural zeitgeist at the time of the creation of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999) that would have inspired the dev team to pick those specific factions?

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Do I have the summary correct about the Boston tea party?

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In the immediate days after the American Civil War, what was life like for an African American?

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Meso-American myths and rituals often use cactus spines, from people pricking themselves to mythical creatures giving them as symbolic gifts. What was their symbolism and what was the reasoning behind pricking themselves?	4
Were patriarchal attitudes a primary reason that women had so many children in medieval Christian Europe?	4
What are the reasons for Germany's failure on the Eastern Front in WW2?	4
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What was the cultural zeitgeist at the time of the creation of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999) that would have inspired the dev team to pick those specific factions?	4
Do I have the summary correct about the Boston tea party?	4
[deleted by user]	4
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In the immediate days after the American Civil War, what was life like for an African American?	4
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