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How did a instrumental version of Girl From Ipanema become the default song for elevators or being put on hold while calling someone?

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How did football replace baseball as America's most popular sport?

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What happened to Roman military recruits that failed training?

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What part of Africa are the ancestors of most black Americans likely from?

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How did the Southern US become so conservative?

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It’s 1960 and I’m a communist in America that wished to defect to the Soviet Union, what would I have to do? What about the other way around?

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How did black people in America develop their own dialect but this isn’t the case with black people in Canada?

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How were southerners that fought for the Union treated (by other Union soldiers as well as their family back home) during the US civil war?

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If I was a soldier in the Roman army and wished to quit, what would I do?

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The South has been stereotyped as a place with inbreeding. Has this ever occurred historically there?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did a instrumental version of Girl From Ipanema become the default song for elevators or being put on hold while calling someone?	35
How did football replace baseball as America's most popular sport?	34
What happened to Roman military recruits that failed training?	29
What part of Africa are the ancestors of most black Americans likely from?	28
How did the Southern US become so conservative?	23
It’s 1960 and I’m a communist in America that wished to defect to the Soviet Union, what would I have to do? What about the other way around?	22
How did black people in America develop their own dialect but this isn’t the case with black people in Canada?	20
How were southerners that fought for the Union treated (by other Union soldiers as well as their family back home) during the US civil war?	18
If I was a soldier in the Roman army and wished to quit, what would I do?	17
The South has been stereotyped as a place with inbreeding. Has this ever occurred historically there?	16