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Did the head monks in medieval monasteries think about pedagogy? Did they try out new ways of teaching novices how to read and write, or were the curricula mostly static?

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How were prostitutes viewed / treated by the USSR?

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How much and in what ways did Bell being a for-profit company affect the research done at Bell Labs?

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I'm a young Tarkovsky fan in 1960s USSR, how would I go about becoming a director or getting my own movie made?

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How did people live with the reality of many lethal, endemic, infectious diseases like measles and smallpox in the 17th and 18th centuries before inoculation?

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At what point did physicists realize that nuclear fission might be able to used as a weapon? Did any scientists feel it was unethical to research nuclear physics when they realized it was a possibility?

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Did people in ancient China dance for fun? What sorts of dances?

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What are the origins of modern pop music's "four chord songs"?

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What tools and materials did the Pythagoreans use to do math?

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What was the methodology for formulating the USSR's Five Year Plans?

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Did the head monks in medieval monasteries think about pedagogy? Did they try out new ways of teaching novices how to read and write, or were the curricula mostly static?	91
How were prostitutes viewed / treated by the USSR?	23
How much and in what ways did Bell being a for-profit company affect the research done at Bell Labs?	14
I'm a young Tarkovsky fan in 1960s USSR, how would I go about becoming a director or getting my own movie made?	13
How did people live with the reality of many lethal, endemic, infectious diseases like measles and smallpox in the 17th and 18th centuries before inoculation?	12
At what point did physicists realize that nuclear fission might be able to used as a weapon? Did any scientists feel it was unethical to research nuclear physics when they realized it was a possibility?	10
Did people in ancient China dance for fun? What sorts of dances?	10
What are the origins of modern pop music's "four chord songs"?	8
What tools and materials did the Pythagoreans use to do math?	5
What was the methodology for formulating the USSR's Five Year Plans?	4