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Is there any historical event we can point to where America's gun culture really started to diverge from the rest of the world, or was it more of a gradual process?

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Did Tolkien's hobby of writing conlangs result in any novel insights that he used in his work as a philologist?

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Did Aristotle's theories of five elements influence cooking and understanding of nutrition in Europe?

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We all know the story of Archimedes allegedly running home naked shouting "Eureka!", but how would his fellow citizens in ancient Syracuse have reacted to a naked man running through the streets?

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Just how many dirty jokes are there in Shakespeare's works anyway?

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How did the switch from five elements to modern science affect daily cooking?

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What do we know about the oral traditions of children?

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How has baldness been viewed throughout the ages?

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We associate papyrus with early writing, but was it ever used for drawings, paintings, and art in general?

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Jiro Horikoshi - is there anything I should know about him before going to see the Ghibli biopic, which undoubtedly romanticised the story?

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Is there any historical event we can point to where America's gun culture really started to diverge from the rest of the world, or was it more of a gradual process?	15
Did Tolkien's hobby of writing conlangs result in any novel insights that he used in his work as a philologist?	13
Did Aristotle's theories of five elements influence cooking and understanding of nutrition in Europe?	8
We all know the story of Archimedes allegedly running home naked shouting "Eureka!", but how would his fellow citizens in ancient Syracuse have reacted to a naked man running through the streets?	8
Just how many dirty jokes are there in Shakespeare's works anyway?	6
How did the switch from five elements to modern science affect daily cooking?	5
What do we know about the oral traditions of children?	5
How has baldness been viewed throughout the ages?	5
We associate papyrus with early writing, but was it ever used for drawings, paintings, and art in general?	3
Jiro Horikoshi - is there anything I should know about him before going to see the Ghibli biopic, which undoubtedly romanticised the story?	3