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Could a single miner really mine sixteen tons of coal in a single day, as described in the song "Sixteen Tons"?

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Did ancient societies use their deities' names as swear words, or is that limited to modern Christians?

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Why did Nintendo put its game console buttons in reverse alphabetical order?

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[WP] Physicists have discovered that the Planck time is exponentially increasing. Within a year, it will be equal to one tenth of a second.

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Today there is controversy among English speakers over using "they/their/theirs" in the singular, in place of "he/him/his" and "she/her/hers". Was there a similar controversy over changing from "thou/thee/thy/thine" to a singular "you/your/yours"?

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In the French Revolution, how did the commoners get the nobles to the guillotine?

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Could the average person living in the Roman empire understand the broken Latin written on the wall in Monty Python's Life of Brian?

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Has the US constitutional prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment" ever been used to "grandfather" any sort of punishment?

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[WP] In AD 20XX, all video and board games have been analyzed to a degree that they can instantly be settled by a coin flip. Until a new, hyper-complex game is invented...

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What did the Virgin Mary really look like?

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Could a single miner really mine sixteen tons of coal in a single day, as described in the song "Sixteen Tons"?	7	AskHistorians
Did ancient societies use their deities' names as swear words, or is that limited to modern Christians?	6	AskHistorians
Why did Nintendo put its game console buttons in reverse alphabetical order?	5	AskHistorians
[WP] Physicists have discovered that the Planck time is exponentially increasing. Within a year, it will be equal to one tenth of a second.	5	WritingPrompts
Today there is controversy among English speakers over using "they/their/theirs" in the singular, in place of "he/him/his" and "she/her/hers". Was there a similar controversy over changing from "thou/thee/thy/thine" to a singular "you/your/yours"?	4	AskHistorians
In the French Revolution, how did the commoners get the nobles to the guillotine?	4	AskHistorians
Could the average person living in the Roman empire understand the broken Latin written on the wall in Monty Python's Life of Brian?	4	AskHistorians
Has the US constitutional prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment" ever been used to "grandfather" any sort of punishment?	4	AskHistorians
[WP] In AD 20XX, all video and board games have been analyzed to a degree that they can instantly be settled by a coin flip. Until a new, hyper-complex game is invented...	3	WritingPrompts
What did the Virgin Mary really look like?	3	AskHistorians