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Did Spartans really used to throw imperfect newborns from the cliff? if yes, how common, widespread it was, when did it start and end? if no, where did the myth come from?

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why wasn't South Korean capital kept in Busan or moved to any other city rather than back to Seoul which is very close to DMZ?

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How common was it to own slaves in pre-civil war US for people that didn’t have plantations or some production facilities that could utilize slave labor?

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when did the republicans become conservative and democrats progressive?

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EU army

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when and why ancient egyptians become so obsessed with death that they started to build pyramids?

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i have a couple of questions about ancient cities that are found in the jungles of South America

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Did Spartans really used to throw imperfect newborns from the cliff? if yes, how common, widespread it was, when did it start and end? if no, where did the myth come from?	151
why wasn't South Korean capital kept in Busan or moved to any other city rather than back to Seoul which is very close to DMZ?	47
How common was it to own slaves in pre-civil war US for people that didn’t have plantations or some production facilities that could utilize slave labor?	16
when did the republicans become conservative and democrats progressive?	3
EU army	2
when and why ancient egyptians become so obsessed with death that they started to build pyramids?	1
i have a couple of questions about ancient cities that are found in the jungles of South America	1