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Dick Rowe famously rejected The Beatles because "guitar groups are on the way out." What kind of music did he believe was "on the way in," if not guitar?

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In one episode of Call the Midwife, set in 1950s England, one of the elder nun-midwives claims that "in the old days, treatment for an infant with Spina Bifida was chloral hydrate... Let the child pass peacefully." Is it true that medical personnel used to euthanize infants with such conditions?

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The 8th amendment prohibits, among other things, excessive bail, so there must have been jails at the time. But the first "modern" police force did not exist until 1838. Who was responsible for arrests/jails in early America?

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When I think of naval battles, I think of big ships firing broadsides with cannons. But babies have existed long before gunpowder was discovered. What, exactly, would a large naval battle look like without cannons?

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Dinosaurs seemed to be a large part of popular culture in the USA in the 1990s. How did evangelical christian organizations react to this, if at all? Was there any public controversy?

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Dick Rowe famously rejected The Beatles because "guitar groups are on the way out." What kind of music did he believe was "on the way in," if not guitar?	190
In one episode of Call the Midwife, set in 1950s England, one of the elder nun-midwives claims that "in the old days, treatment for an infant with Spina Bifida was chloral hydrate... Let the child pass peacefully." Is it true that medical personnel used to euthanize infants with such conditions?	39
The 8th amendment prohibits, among other things, excessive bail, so there must have been jails at the time. But the first "modern" police force did not exist until 1838. Who was responsible for arrests/jails in early America?	23
When I think of naval battles, I think of big ships firing broadsides with cannons. But babies have existed long before gunpowder was discovered. What, exactly, would a large naval battle look like without cannons?	5
Dinosaurs seemed to be a large part of popular culture in the USA in the 1990s. How did evangelical christian organizations react to this, if at all? Was there any public controversy?	1