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Had JFK already launched a re-election campaign when he was killed in late 1963? If so, who were his main challengers and what platforms was he running on?

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Why did Cold War-era Americans give atomic technology secrets to the Soviet Union, endangering their own lives and families, and risking execution?

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What past societies are considered the most promiscuous? I don't mean having-sex-to-repopulate. I mean societies with big orgies, those that encouraged the sharing of partners, those that encouraged teens to participate in sex acts as a sign of maturity (weird, but it happened a lot), etc.

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[Military History] Can anyone identify this patch that I found on a US military jacket from 1949?

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When did the adjective "fucking" become common in the English language, as in the sense, "How long is this fucking dinner going to last?"

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How and why did Ancient Egypt toss thousands of years of tradition in exchange for monotheism?

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"BC" is used widely in the secular West to separate one historical era from another. How does anyone know if Christ was real and, if so, when he was born? Ancient texts may claim of these things, but are they really treated as definitive sources?

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Can you help me decipher the text on this 1966 tombstone? It commemorates a small New England town's first black doctor, age 63

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Where/how did Western music's traditional grouping of vocals, guitar, bass, and drums come from?

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Had JFK already launched a re-election campaign when he was killed in late 1963? If so, who were his main challengers and what platforms was he running on?	7
Why did Cold War-era Americans give atomic technology secrets to the Soviet Union, endangering their own lives and families, and risking execution?	4
What past societies are considered the most promiscuous? I don't mean having-sex-to-repopulate. I mean societies with big orgies, those that encouraged the sharing of partners, those that encouraged teens to participate in sex acts as a sign of maturity (weird, but it happened a lot), etc.	2
[Military History] Can anyone identify this patch that I found on a US military jacket from 1949?	2
When did the adjective "fucking" become common in the English language, as in the sense, "How long is this fucking dinner going to last?"	1
How and why did Ancient Egypt toss thousands of years of tradition in exchange for monotheism?	1
"BC" is used widely in the secular West to separate one historical era from another. How does anyone know if Christ was real and, if so, when he was born? Ancient texts may claim of these things, but are they really treated as definitive sources?	0
Can you help me decipher the text on this 1966 tombstone? It commemorates a small New England town's first black doctor, age 63	0
Where/how did Western music's traditional grouping of vocals, guitar, bass, and drums come from?	0