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The fallout from the Watergate scandal directly lead to Nixon's resignation and his legacy tarnished, yet Reagan emerged not only politically unscathed from Iran-Contra, but fondly remembered. What factors lead to his status as a conservative icon, in contrast with Nixon?

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The Ariel controversy and the backlash got me thinking. Why IS Jesus portrayed as a white hippie?

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After playing Red Dead Redemption 2, I've just now realized they didn't have any way to dispose of garbage systematically. In the old West did everyone in every town really just throw their waste wherever they stood?

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This bar joke from ancient Sumer has been making rounds on twitter as non-sequitur humor. What does it actually mean?

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The Founding narrative of the United States gives a lot of attention to Jamestown (1607) and Plymouth (1620), but Newport News (1613) and Hampton, VA (1610), and Albany, NY (1614) were founded in the same era, are much larger cities, but get much less attention. Why aren’t they as relevant?

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Why did France, rather than Germany, adopt the Frankish identity?

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We're living in an age where Atheism is slowly becoming mainstream and replacing religiousness, has this ever happened in the past or are the last two centuries' behaviors novelty for history?

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Why did people write much more eloquently 150 years ago?

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Did steppe horse archers shoot individually and with precision (like snipers in a cantabrian circle) or did they fire in volleys like foot archers?

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The fallout from the Watergate scandal directly lead to Nixon's resignation and his legacy tarnished, yet Reagan emerged not only politically unscathed from Iran-Contra, but fondly remembered. What factors lead to his status as a conservative icon, in contrast with Nixon?	4381
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The Ariel controversy and the backlash got me thinking. Why IS Jesus portrayed as a white hippie?	4111
After playing Red Dead Redemption 2, I've just now realized they didn't have any way to dispose of garbage systematically. In the old West did everyone in every town really just throw their waste wherever they stood?	4106
This bar joke from ancient Sumer has been making rounds on twitter as non-sequitur humor. What does it actually mean?	4106
The Founding narrative of the United States gives a lot of attention to Jamestown (1607) and Plymouth (1620), but Newport News (1613) and Hampton, VA (1610), and Albany, NY (1614) were founded in the same era, are much larger cities, but get much less attention. Why aren’t they as relevant?	4045
Why did France, rather than Germany, adopt the Frankish identity?	4024
We're living in an age where Atheism is slowly becoming mainstream and replacing religiousness, has this ever happened in the past or are the last two centuries' behaviors novelty for history?	4020
Why did people write much more eloquently 150 years ago?	3959
Did steppe horse archers shoot individually and with precision (like snipers in a cantabrian circle) or did they fire in volleys like foot archers?	3802