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There have historically been many slang words used to mean a similar thing to "yes/positive/nice" such as 'dope, sick, uber, gnarly', yet none have aged as well as the word 'cool'. What caused this term to become so accepted as an alternative to good to be written in some dictionaries as such?
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Were Flamberge (flame-bladed) swords actually used, and if so how commonly, in Europe despite their odd shape and difficulty to construct?
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By the 1980's, women's graduation of computing courses hit a peak, of just shy of 38% of all computing graduates at USA universities, however by 1997 it reached a low of 27%. Why did this industry/study become so heavily male dominated despite a heavy women's involvement in early computing history?
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Conversing about politics is considered somewhat of a social taboo (e.g: family dinner, workplace discussions). Has it always been considered as such, or is the aversion to political discussion a more recent phenomena?
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How was the reconstruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki like after the aftermath of nuclear explosions performed? How long after the aftermath did reconstruction efforts begin, and was there any foreign aid from outside Japan?
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It is often argued by many Muslim people that a most correct version of the Qur'an is written in Arabic as opposed to translated. Today, there are translated versions of the Qur'an available that many have read. Has there been controversy due to publication of these translated versions in the past?
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Did Lenin wish for Trotsky to be his successor, and if so, how did Stalin take that role as secretary general instead?
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How prevalent were birthday celebrations throughout the middle ages and how different were common practices regarding birthdays between the begining of the middle ages and the end of it?
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In 1976, the gymnast Comaneci scored the first 10 in the Olympic gymnastics event, which sparked pride in gymnastics as a sport within the Eastern Bloc. However, gymnastics was still a prominent sport practiced even before, what were the reasons for it being so prevalent within these countries?
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