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Aside from agriculture can you name anyways the native americans of 1000BC would have been different/less advanced than the people the first Europeans to reach New England met?

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In Frost/Nixon Nixon's character says despite arguable having the most to gain, Ford kept trying to talk him out of resignation until the bitter end. what was Ford's personal/emotional reaction to becoming President but only as the result of major scandal?

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Was there any good reason to think England and/or america might become totalitarian states in the late 1940s, or was Orwell just being a pessimist?

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if in 1818 I asked any given American medical doctor if there were any none superficial inherent differences between black people and white people, would he most likely say "yes" or "no"? if "yes" what would he most likely claim they were?

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How far back does the stereotype of feminists being lesbians, go?

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Can you give me many/any real world instances of notable people who accidentally (...well sort of) killed them selves playing russian roulette?

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Was the area around table mountain in South Africa inhabited in 2200BC?

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What was the first society to prohibit paedophilia (lets say that means sex with anyone under 13) under any circumstances (even marriage)?

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In the Ottoman Empire (circa 1800 to 1900) was it legal or illegal to make and display/publish images of prophets?

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before they became ubiquitous in the second half of the 20th century were there any/many futurists or sci-fi writers that predicted the existence & popularity of video games?

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Aside from agriculture can you name anyways the native americans of 1000BC would have been different/less advanced than the people the first Europeans to reach New England met?	1
In Frost/Nixon Nixon's character says despite arguable having the most to gain, Ford kept trying to talk him out of resignation until the bitter end. what was Ford's personal/emotional reaction to becoming President but only as the result of major scandal?	1
Was there any good reason to think England and/or america might become totalitarian states in the late 1940s, or was Orwell just being a pessimist?	1
if in 1818 I asked any given American medical doctor if there were any none superficial inherent differences between black people and white people, would he most likely say "yes" or "no"? if "yes" what would he most likely claim they were?	1
How far back does the stereotype of feminists being lesbians, go?	1
Can you give me many/any real world instances of notable people who accidentally (...well sort of) killed them selves playing russian roulette?	1
Was the area around table mountain in South Africa inhabited in 2200BC?	1
What was the first society to prohibit paedophilia (lets say that means sex with anyone under 13) under any circumstances (even marriage)?	1
In the Ottoman Empire (circa 1800 to 1900) was it legal or illegal to make and display/publish images of prophets?	1
before they became ubiquitous in the second half of the 20th century were there any/many futurists or sci-fi writers that predicted the existence & popularity of video games?	1