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Before Mao took over China in 1949 Shanghai was a completely open port where passports were not even needed to immigrate. How common was this kind of open port at this time and throughout modern history?

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Did Greeks or other ancient polytheistic societies see their gods as actually existing or more like how we see super heros and comic books?

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In The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, they eat a surprising amount of curry for 1950's America considering the heavy restriction on the number of Asian immigrants and the general lack of 'food culture' that didn't develop until the 70's. Would upper west side jews have eaten so much curry?

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Somebody told me once that in Ancient Greek theater culture there wasn't nearly the same emphasis on novelty and originality we have today but instead the same few plays would be tweaked every performance in order to tell the story in the most interesting way. How true is that?

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When did the term propaganda become such a negative word. And I've heard that when propaganda went out of vogue the term public relations was used instead. It this so?

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What battle or war had the greatest difference in technology where the less advance peoples won?

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Before Mao took over China in 1949 Shanghai was a completely open port where passports were not even needed to immigrate. How common was this kind of open port at this time and throughout modern history?	823
Did Greeks or other ancient polytheistic societies see their gods as actually existing or more like how we see super heros and comic books?	105
In The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, they eat a surprising amount of curry for 1950's America considering the heavy restriction on the number of Asian immigrants and the general lack of 'food culture' that didn't develop until the 70's. Would upper west side jews have eaten so much curry?	44
Somebody told me once that in Ancient Greek theater culture there wasn't nearly the same emphasis on novelty and originality we have today but instead the same few plays would be tweaked every performance in order to tell the story in the most interesting way. How true is that?	25
When did the term propaganda become such a negative word. And I've heard that when propaganda went out of vogue the term public relations was used instead. It this so?	3
What battle or war had the greatest difference in technology where the less advance peoples won?	2