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How common was skin cancer among Caucasian farm workers before the invention of sunscreen?

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How did mint become the default desirable breath smell?

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Have chopsticks always been as popular in Asian cuisine, or did they replace another utensil?

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Has there ever been a stereotype of bakers being very strong and not to mess with them?

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Has a high stakes high tech heist like mission impossible or oceans 11/12/13 ever actually happened?

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Why has China had domesticated cattle/sheep/goats for a long time, and while Mongolians utilized dairy in their food we see almost no dairy in Chinese cuisine at all?

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How long ago were units of time standardized across the globe, and what other units of time existed before?

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There's a movie trope of elaborate boobie traps in ancient tombs. Is this something totally made up by hollywood or has something like this ever actually been uncovered?

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I was once told that the AK47 has killed more people than swords. How true is this?

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Did Adolf Hitler ever personally kill someone so far as we know?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How common was skin cancer among Caucasian farm workers before the invention of sunscreen?	95
How did mint become the default desirable breath smell?	89
Have chopsticks always been as popular in Asian cuisine, or did they replace another utensil?	65
Has there ever been a stereotype of bakers being very strong and not to mess with them?	63
Has a high stakes high tech heist like mission impossible or oceans 11/12/13 ever actually happened?	60
Why has China had domesticated cattle/sheep/goats for a long time, and while Mongolians utilized dairy in their food we see almost no dairy in Chinese cuisine at all?	59
How long ago were units of time standardized across the globe, and what other units of time existed before?	43
There's a movie trope of elaborate boobie traps in ancient tombs. Is this something totally made up by hollywood or has something like this ever actually been uncovered?	41
I was once told that the AK47 has killed more people than swords. How true is this?	36
Did Adolf Hitler ever personally kill someone so far as we know?	31