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While reading the "Art of War" Sun Tzu says there are "no more than 5 musical notes". Why did ancient China believe there were only 5 notes? Is this related to pentatonics somehow?
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In the US, did any of the founding fathers have thoughts about the Salem witch trials that happened within living memory?
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Almost every country uses the word "ok" in daily conversations no matter if that country speaks English or not. Is there another example of a word going "viral" across the known world like "ok" has in the modern world?
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After traveling to many countries, I realized how many museums America has. Even small towns have museums depicting its own history. In other countries most small towns don't have museums, only in the cities. Why does America have so many museums?
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During the pogroms, one of the justifications for killing the Jews in Russia was that the Jews had killed Jesus. How did the Christians have this belief and reconcile this when one of the very first lines of the New Testament says that Jesus will be the king of Jews.
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How did photographers in the Vietnam War send their pictures so quickly to American newspapers and how did the newspaper make copies of it?
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In the colonial times, the tricorne hat is often portrayed as being very popular which then evolved into the bicorne hat. Why were both these hat popular, especially when it doesn't look like they are effective at blocking the sun from you face?
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