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How do historians classify the Khmer Rouge? What did they really believe?

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Almost all English words for spatial measurements end in "th" (breadth, depth, width, length, etc) except for "height." Why don't we say "heighth?"

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What did Indigenous people in Florida and the Caribbean do to survive hurricanes? How far out would they have been able to recognize what was coming and start preparing?

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Are there records of widespread chronic post-viral syndromes (i.e. Long Covid) from prior pandemics in history?

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Given that Catholic Mass was in Latin, how much did lay peasantry really understand of Christian theology?

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Where there ever actually any wars fought primarily over spiritual/religious questions ("who has the right God") versus more "mundane" concerns about territory, resources, politics, etc?

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Has the trope of an apparently-ordinary young adult discovering a special or magical birthright always been a trope of children's fiction?

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When did "Big Pharma" become a cultural boogeyman?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How do historians classify the Khmer Rouge? What did they really believe?	547
Almost all English words for spatial measurements end in "th" (breadth, depth, width, length, etc) except for "height." Why don't we say "heighth?"	400
What did Indigenous people in Florida and the Caribbean do to survive hurricanes? How far out would they have been able to recognize what was coming and start preparing?	177
Are there records of widespread chronic post-viral syndromes (i.e. Long Covid) from prior pandemics in history?	35
Given that Catholic Mass was in Latin, how much did lay peasantry really understand of Christian theology?	11
Where there ever actually any wars fought primarily over spiritual/religious questions ("who has the right God") versus more "mundane" concerns about territory, resources, politics, etc?	8
Has the trope of an apparently-ordinary young adult discovering a special or magical birthright always been a trope of children's fiction?	1
When did "Big Pharma" become a cultural boogeyman?	0