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Where can I read more about Native American mythology/monsters? The wikipedia page for vampires is a million words long but most Native monsters is incredibly short.

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In Chariots of Fire, set during the 1924 Olympics, the track runners dig out spots for their feet on the track before their sprint. When did they stop doing that?

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After looking at how close Alaska and Russia really are, why did it take so long to "discover" the New World?

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Were all those that were sentenced to crucifiction forced to carry their cross, or was that special for Christ?

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Did Roman slaves forced to row on ships suffer much from muscular imbalances or tendonitis?

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In Peter Straub's "The Throat", a character works in Vietnam processing dead bodies to be sent back to America. How did they deal with the dead decomposing on the flights back from the war?

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While there were other races exploited, why did blaxploitation do so well in 1970s America?

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In the film Night and Fog, we're shown the MASSIVE mounds of hair taken from women in the concentration camps, and told that it was turned into cloth. Were people informed that the cloth they were using was made from human hair?

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Did those little newboy kids ever shout false headlines to garner more sales? Some sort of pre-internet clickbait? Shout bait?

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Okay so I'm watching Amadeus. How did any of the women fit through doorways with those ridiculous wigs on?

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Where can I read more about Native American mythology/monsters? The wikipedia page for vampires is a million words long but most Native monsters is incredibly short.	21
In Chariots of Fire, set during the 1924 Olympics, the track runners dig out spots for their feet on the track before their sprint. When did they stop doing that?	20
After looking at how close Alaska and Russia really are, why did it take so long to "discover" the New World?	20
Were all those that were sentenced to crucifiction forced to carry their cross, or was that special for Christ?	14
Did Roman slaves forced to row on ships suffer much from muscular imbalances or tendonitis?	14
In Peter Straub's "The Throat", a character works in Vietnam processing dead bodies to be sent back to America. How did they deal with the dead decomposing on the flights back from the war?	13
While there were other races exploited, why did blaxploitation do so well in 1970s America?	13
In the film Night and Fog, we're shown the MASSIVE mounds of hair taken from women in the concentration camps, and told that it was turned into cloth. Were people informed that the cloth they were using was made from human hair?	13
Did those little newboy kids ever shout false headlines to garner more sales? Some sort of pre-internet clickbait? Shout bait?	12
Okay so I'm watching Amadeus. How did any of the women fit through doorways with those ridiculous wigs on?	11