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Who invented the concept of 'hit points'? Do they predate the invention of traditional table-top role-playing games?

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The Vulgate/KJV and other pre-modern Christian texts have no problem referencing sirens, griffons, unicorns, and so on, but these references have been expunged from contemporary Biblical translations. Was this a concerted effort? Which version is more accurate to the original?

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When interracial marriage or women's suffrage were big issues (or any other civil rights decision, really), did corporations come out publically in support/opposition of their rights like they do with gay marriage today?

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How accepted is the idea that there was some kind of storm god dragon slayer within Proto-Indo-European mythology? How accepted are reconstructions like this at all?

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Wikipedia states (without a source) that some homosexuals who survived the holocaust concentration camps "were even re-arrested and imprisoned based on evidence found during the Nazi years". Who were these people? What happened to them?

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Is there any evidence of homosexual activity amongst medieval European monks?

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When did the fork, spoon, and knife become the standard dining utensils in the West? Did we use any other utensils before then?

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Was there ever an ‘Eastern’ or Asian version of the Greek classical four elements?

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Why are there no Irish martyrs?

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When did the Anglo-Normans start to consider themselves 'English'?

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Who invented the concept of 'hit points'? Do they predate the invention of traditional table-top role-playing games?	280
The Vulgate/KJV and other pre-modern Christian texts have no problem referencing sirens, griffons, unicorns, and so on, but these references have been expunged from contemporary Biblical translations. Was this a concerted effort? Which version is more accurate to the original?	113
When interracial marriage or women's suffrage were big issues (or any other civil rights decision, really), did corporations come out publically in support/opposition of their rights like they do with gay marriage today?	91
How accepted is the idea that there was some kind of storm god dragon slayer within Proto-Indo-European mythology? How accepted are reconstructions like this at all?	52
Wikipedia states (without a source) that some homosexuals who survived the holocaust concentration camps "were even re-arrested and imprisoned based on evidence found during the Nazi years". Who were these people? What happened to them?	42
Is there any evidence of homosexual activity amongst medieval European monks?	28
When did the fork, spoon, and knife become the standard dining utensils in the West? Did we use any other utensils before then?	19
Was there ever an ‘Eastern’ or Asian version of the Greek classical four elements?	14
Why are there no Irish martyrs?	9
When did the Anglo-Normans start to consider themselves 'English'?	8