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"Mack the Knife" was a popular American jazz standard in the 50s and 60s shortly after the Second Red Scare died down. The song originates from a play that explicitly critiques capitalism from a socialist perspective, and it's author was questioned by HUAC. Given this, how did it become such a hit?
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what is Oduduwa's role in the Yoruba history and mythology? Is it as the "creator of the earth" or is Oduduwa a real person?
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What are the different Ancient Egyptian funerary practices and what role does social class play in determining these processes?
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Is there any evidence independent of Thomas Jefferson of "A general principle, indeed, was introduced, that "all lands in England were held either mediately or immediately of the crown," but this was borrowed from those holdings, which were truly feudal, and only applied to others for the purposes"?
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