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How did the idea that certain foods are more or less appropriate for certain times of day originate, and how fixed have those ideas been?

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Many modern people have terrible eyesight, and need corrective lenses to function in the world. Were there just many more people considered "blind" in times and places when glasses were not available?

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How did people in historical times deal with fingernails?

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Are there any historical analogues to the modern politicization of climate science, and if so what lessons can be learned from them?

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How true is the trope that municipal rail systems in the US were deliberately dismantled by the automobile industry?

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How did the idea that certain foods are more or less appropriate for certain times of day originate, and how fixed have those ideas been?	17
Many modern people have terrible eyesight, and need corrective lenses to function in the world. Were there just many more people considered "blind" in times and places when glasses were not available?	10
How did people in historical times deal with fingernails?	3
Are there any historical analogues to the modern politicization of climate science, and if so what lessons can be learned from them?	1
How true is the trope that municipal rail systems in the US were deliberately dismantled by the automobile industry?	0