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I just saw an old photo of downtown Los Angeles and noticed a vegetarian café, something I thought would have been a more recent phenomenon. What are the origins of vegetarian cuisine in America?

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We hear that Mohawk ironworkers “built” New York City’s towering skyline because they are naturally unafraid of heights. What is the origin of this reputation, and is it at all based in reality?

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In Jewish eschatology, the Messiah is expected to gather the Jewish people back to the land of Israel; was Ben Gurion thought of as the Messiah by some Jewish groups? Why or why not?

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What could Judas Iscariot's 30 pieces of silver have bought him?

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What would I have had to do to be tarred and feathered? Did this actually occur with any frequency, or is it more of a pop history thing?

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In a book on a separate subject, the author refers to the first ten years of Russian communism as “a decade of experimental brilliance” that fell apart. Is this true? And if so, what were the hallmarks of this brilliance?

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What do we know about "freak" athletes in the middle ages?

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Was the idea always for the United States to expand as far as it did, or did the founding fathers only envision the 13 colonies with the possibility of a few additions?

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What might Aristotle's syllabus for Alexander the Great have looked like?

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What were "ceasefires" called before weapons that "fire"?

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I just saw an old photo of downtown Los Angeles and noticed a vegetarian café, something I thought would have been a more recent phenomenon. What are the origins of vegetarian cuisine in America?	469
We hear that Mohawk ironworkers “built” New York City’s towering skyline because they are naturally unafraid of heights. What is the origin of this reputation, and is it at all based in reality?	345
In Jewish eschatology, the Messiah is expected to gather the Jewish people back to the land of Israel; was Ben Gurion thought of as the Messiah by some Jewish groups? Why or why not?	291
What could Judas Iscariot's 30 pieces of silver have bought him?	155
What would I have had to do to be tarred and feathered? Did this actually occur with any frequency, or is it more of a pop history thing?	81
In a book on a separate subject, the author refers to the first ten years of Russian communism as “a decade of experimental brilliance” that fell apart. Is this true? And if so, what were the hallmarks of this brilliance?	60
What do we know about "freak" athletes in the middle ages?	28
Was the idea always for the United States to expand as far as it did, or did the founding fathers only envision the 13 colonies with the possibility of a few additions?	26
What might Aristotle's syllabus for Alexander the Great have looked like?	21
What were "ceasefires" called before weapons that "fire"?	16