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How did alchemy survive for thousands of years, despite producing no results? Did people fabricate claims so they could keep calling themselves alchemists?

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I've heard Franz Kafka was into pornography. What would this have looked like in his time?

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Does the pharmaceutical industry historically have a pattern of suppressing cures in favor of long-term treatments to maximize profits? If not, where does this very widely repeated claim come from?

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Shelob, Nagini, etc. Where does the horror trope of luring someone into the lair of a beast come originate?

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"The “we are too full of masculine virtue to lose, and they are too feminine to win" reminds me of the South being convinced the North was too weak to fight and then watching in disbelief as they got their asses kicked by mail clerks and college professors" How much truth is there to this?

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In 50s/60s US politics, we hear about the Northern Republicans, Southern Democrats, and Northern Democrats. What about Southern Republicans? What was their deal?

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When did French become considered classy?

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What would Herodotus' writing process have looked like?

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In the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror II, Marge asks the audience to put the kids to bed first. When did this type of attitude become popular? When did the idea of sheltering kids from "adult content" become important?

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When and why did rhyming become so important in English poetry/music compared to other languages?

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How did alchemy survive for thousands of years, despite producing no results? Did people fabricate claims so they could keep calling themselves alchemists?	6
I've heard Franz Kafka was into pornography. What would this have looked like in his time?	6
Does the pharmaceutical industry historically have a pattern of suppressing cures in favor of long-term treatments to maximize profits? If not, where does this very widely repeated claim come from?	6
Shelob, Nagini, etc. Where does the horror trope of luring someone into the lair of a beast come originate?	6
"The “we are too full of masculine virtue to lose, and they are too feminine to win" reminds me of the South being convinced the North was too weak to fight and then watching in disbelief as they got their asses kicked by mail clerks and college professors" How much truth is there to this?	5
In 50s/60s US politics, we hear about the Northern Republicans, Southern Democrats, and Northern Democrats. What about Southern Republicans? What was their deal?	5
When did French become considered classy?	4
What would Herodotus' writing process have looked like?	3
In the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror II, Marge asks the audience to put the kids to bed first. When did this type of attitude become popular? When did the idea of sheltering kids from "adult content" become important?	2
When and why did rhyming become so important in English poetry/music compared to other languages?	2