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Why/when did minimum wage stop rising to match living costs?

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How were Maori battles staged so there was time for a Haka beforehand?

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Did the Village People always have a gay subtext to their act, or was it something that developed over time?

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How did 24+ hour-long doctor shifts come to be?

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How did Rabbis come to be such a powerful force in post-Old Testament Israel/Judea?

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When did Generals stop leading from the front?

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When did military service become such a defining factor for US presidents?

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Why we are so familiar with names such as Caesar, Brutus, Cato and Cicero, but Gaius Marius and Sulla are barely known, even though they all shared the same timeline and interacted with each other?

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Aside from the Kama Sutra, what do we know about sex (and sexual positions) in the middle ages?

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How were the Village People, an act with a distinctly gay reputation, able to be so successful in a time when homophobia was still a common, open thing?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why/when did minimum wage stop rising to match living costs?	3303
How were Maori battles staged so there was time for a Haka beforehand?	243
Did the Village People always have a gay subtext to their act, or was it something that developed over time?	55
How did 24+ hour-long doctor shifts come to be?	51
How did Rabbis come to be such a powerful force in post-Old Testament Israel/Judea?	17
When did Generals stop leading from the front?	13
When did military service become such a defining factor for US presidents?	9
Why we are so familiar with names such as Caesar, Brutus, Cato and Cicero, but Gaius Marius and Sulla are barely known, even though they all shared the same timeline and interacted with each other?	8
Aside from the Kama Sutra, what do we know about sex (and sexual positions) in the middle ages?	8
How were the Village People, an act with a distinctly gay reputation, able to be so successful in a time when homophobia was still a common, open thing?	7