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How rooted in mythology vs actual events is Irish hatred of Oliver Cromwell? Is there an ebb and flow to Cromwell's reputation in Ireland? Is hating Cromwell more of a social identifier than anything now?	10
How did the rumors of Twinkies' longevity and ability to survive nuclear winter get going?	10
Was the purchase of slaves ever subsidized by States in order to help bolster Southern representation under the Three-fifths Compromise?	10
In the original Cosmos series, Carl Sagan tells a story of the Heike samurai/Heike crabs. Could anyone shed some light on either/both the battle and whether fishermen actually threw back certain crabs because of it?	10
Books, letters, etc., can be dug up from a dusty basement. Facebook posts can't. What major efforts are underway to preserve for posterity the unprecedented compendium of information that is the Internet? It seems future historians should be drinking from a firehose. Will they?	9
Was the sub-4-minute mile a goal prior to Roger Bannister pulling it off or was it his own personal goal that kinda caught on?	9
The public often seems to place every war veteran in a default category of "damaged." Is this a post-Vietnam/Deerhunter/Rambo mentality? If not, how much further back does it go?	9
I saw a small blurb in a Revolutionary War era paper from a soldier in the Continental Army stating that while he was on campaign his wife slept with another man. Both the wife and the other man were named. Was this common practice?	9
I have a class on texts of Medieval Theology coming up. Is there any reading I can do to get a head start? Like a down and dirty primer.	9
How would a venomous snake bite be treated in the Congo in the 16th century?	9

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