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In the next 30 days Ronald Gray may be the first serviceman executed by the US military in over 50 years (he was sentenced in 1988.) Many such sentences have been commuted. Why such a reluctance to carry out lawful sentences?

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Why did Nintendo stick with the cartridge for the N64 when competitors like Sega and Sony were moving to CDs?

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Cape Canaveral and the Cocoa Beach resort around the time of the Apollo Program has been described as "that harlot of a town" by the wives of the early NASA astronauts. How pervasive was alcohol, prostitution, and infidelity on the space coast in the 1960s?

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Was the German military entitled to press war crime charges during the time period of the Nuremburg Trials? Specifically, against the Red Army for their actions in Germany?

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How concerned were ancient Egyptians with finding the source of the Nile? Did the source of the river have any religious significance?

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Was crime widespread in the London Underground during the Blitz? What about above ground? Were empty homes often looted?

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Why isn't "coincidence" enough of a descriptor for the religious and philosophical systems that emerged in disparate societies from the 8th to 3rd centuries BC? What does the idea of an Axial Age supply?

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When did St. Patrick's Day become an excuse to get trashed?

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"Why did the chicken cross the road?" How did the motives of this transient fowl become such a fascinating subject of inquiry?

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Why did the Wilhelm Scream, the definitive (and hilarious) scream of a guy falling to his death, become so popular? I know it's an in-joke, but what's the story of how it got that way?

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In the next 30 days Ronald Gray may be the first serviceman executed by the US military in over 50 years (he was sentenced in 1988.) Many such sentences have been commuted. Why such a reluctance to carry out lawful sentences?	83
Why did Nintendo stick with the cartridge for the N64 when competitors like Sega and Sony were moving to CDs?	82
Cape Canaveral and the Cocoa Beach resort around the time of the Apollo Program has been described as "that harlot of a town" by the wives of the early NASA astronauts. How pervasive was alcohol, prostitution, and infidelity on the space coast in the 1960s?	67
Was the German military entitled to press war crime charges during the time period of the Nuremburg Trials? Specifically, against the Red Army for their actions in Germany?	65
How concerned were ancient Egyptians with finding the source of the Nile? Did the source of the river have any religious significance?	64
Was crime widespread in the London Underground during the Blitz? What about above ground? Were empty homes often looted?	63
Why isn't "coincidence" enough of a descriptor for the religious and philosophical systems that emerged in disparate societies from the 8th to 3rd centuries BC? What does the idea of an Axial Age supply?	62
When did St. Patrick's Day become an excuse to get trashed?	61
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" How did the motives of this transient fowl become such a fascinating subject of inquiry?	61
Why did the Wilhelm Scream, the definitive (and hilarious) scream of a guy falling to his death, become so popular? I know it's an in-joke, but what's the story of how it got that way?	57