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I came to learn some time ago that the misconception of MSG's adverse effects is due to propaganda in the US, where restaurant industry was being disrupted by the Chinese restaurants. Effects are seen even in India, where 'Ajinomoto (brand name) causes cancer' and even in China. Why?

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Do historians in other countries (China or India, for example) reach different consensuses on historical events? Do the mainstream historians in China or India not believe what Western historians believe?

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During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948 both sides were commanded by British generals. How did this work and what kinds of conflicts did it create?

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Why did so many European communists around the turn of the 20th century think that homosexuality was "bourgeois decadence"?

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How did naval tactics look after the development of cannons but before the enacting of the line of battle?

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Why isn't Spanish the dominate language of the Philippines despite it belonging to Spain for over 300 years?

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Did the Japanese dynasty ever considered a dynastic marriage outside Japan?

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Is there merit to the claim that the current Egyptian chronology is in need of revision and that so doing it would line up with the Exodus?

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What was the "white shirt and jeans" of the 1900-1920s? NSFW

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I came to learn some time ago that the misconception of MSG's adverse effects is due to propaganda in the US, where restaurant industry was being disrupted by the Chinese restaurants. Effects are seen even in India, where 'Ajinomoto (brand name) causes cancer' and even in China. Why?	89
Do historians in other countries (China or India, for example) reach different consensuses on historical events? Do the mainstream historians in China or India not believe what Western historians believe?	89
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948 both sides were commanded by British generals. How did this work and what kinds of conflicts did it create?	89
Why did so many European communists around the turn of the 20th century think that homosexuality was "bourgeois decadence"?	89
How did naval tactics look after the development of cannons but before the enacting of the line of battle?	89
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Why isn't Spanish the dominate language of the Philippines despite it belonging to Spain for over 300 years?	89
Did the Japanese dynasty ever considered a dynastic marriage outside Japan?	89
Is there merit to the claim that the current Egyptian chronology is in need of revision and that so doing it would line up with the Exodus?	89
What was the "white shirt and jeans" of the 1900-1920s? NSFW	89