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In a 36 year span (1865 - 1901), three US Presidents were assassinated. No Presidents were assassinated before 1865 and only one has been (successfully) assassinated after 1901. What factors led to this period being so deadly? Was it similar in other countries during this period?

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When and how did dinosaurs become marketed to children as fun animals?

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It's 1920. I'm an African-American man traveling from rural Mississippi to Seattle during the Great Migration. What is my journey like?

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Did the concept of "interracial couples" exist in Ancient Rome?

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Did Joseph Stalin ever publicly comment on or correspond with Warren Harding or Calvin Coolidge?

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Why did the population of Mexico City surge from under 350,000 in 1900 to over 2.2 million in 1950?

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How was IBM able to do business in the Soviet Union?

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What was the route on which nuclear missiles were transported from the USSR to Cuba during Operation Anadyr? Why wasn't this route blocked by NATO?

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Why did Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicate in 1967?

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Possibly NSFW. Did any late 19th or early 20th century writers predict how videotelephony would affect pornography and prostitution? NSFW

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In a 36 year span (1865 - 1901), three US Presidents were assassinated. No Presidents were assassinated before 1865 and only one has been (successfully) assassinated after 1901. What factors led to this period being so deadly? Was it similar in other countries during this period?	732
When and how did dinosaurs become marketed to children as fun animals?	79
It's 1920. I'm an African-American man traveling from rural Mississippi to Seattle during the Great Migration. What is my journey like?	79
Did the concept of "interracial couples" exist in Ancient Rome?	73
Did Joseph Stalin ever publicly comment on or correspond with Warren Harding or Calvin Coolidge?	61
Why did the population of Mexico City surge from under 350,000 in 1900 to over 2.2 million in 1950?	17
How was IBM able to do business in the Soviet Union?	7
What was the route on which nuclear missiles were transported from the USSR to Cuba during Operation Anadyr? Why wasn't this route blocked by NATO?	6
Why did Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicate in 1967?	4
Possibly NSFW. Did any late 19th or early 20th century writers predict how videotelephony would affect pornography and prostitution? NSFW	4