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When and how did tomatoes become a common ingredient in sandwiches?

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When did "meth labs" become a thing? Do we know when the improvised synthesis of methamphetamine surfaced?

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In what manners did pre-colonial Native American societies view disability, particularly with regard to limited mobility?

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North America had cowboys and vaqueros. South America had gauchos. How did other pre-barbed wire regions with major beef industries view the people rounding up their cattle?

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How did notions of occultism/demonology, such as that presented in the Ars Goetia, arise and survive during the 1500s-1600s?

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Stories of people being paid in a commodity (salt, whiskey, etc) instead of money crop up in popular accounts of history. How standardized was this not-quite-barter-but-definitely-not-cash system?

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When and how did the potato make its way over to Thailand? And/or India? And/or, let's be real, anywhere in Asia?

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When and how did the word "ass" start getting used as part of pronouns as some kind of synedoche?

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Do we know what the socioeconomic demographics of British and/or Western European feudal societies were from, at least a rough percentage standpoint?

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What were the earliest examples of self-aware media characters like Deadpool?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When and how did tomatoes become a common ingredient in sandwiches?	99
When did "meth labs" become a thing? Do we know when the improvised synthesis of methamphetamine surfaced?	69
In what manners did pre-colonial Native American societies view disability, particularly with regard to limited mobility?	24
North America had cowboys and vaqueros. South America had gauchos. How did other pre-barbed wire regions with major beef industries view the people rounding up their cattle?	15
How did notions of occultism/demonology, such as that presented in the Ars Goetia, arise and survive during the 1500s-1600s?	6
Stories of people being paid in a commodity (salt, whiskey, etc) instead of money crop up in popular accounts of history. How standardized was this not-quite-barter-but-definitely-not-cash system?	4
When and how did the potato make its way over to Thailand? And/or India? And/or, let's be real, anywhere in Asia?	4
When and how did the word "ass" start getting used as part of pronouns as some kind of synedoche?	3
Do we know what the socioeconomic demographics of British and/or Western European feudal societies were from, at least a rough percentage standpoint?	3
What were the earliest examples of self-aware media characters like Deadpool?	0