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What happened to supporters of Hitler after he fell from power?

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401129425 days ago

On the day before he left office, President Jimmy Carter issued a full pardon to Peter Yarrow, who was convicted in 1970 of taking "immoral and improper liberties" with a 14 year old girl. To date he is the only President to pardon someone for sexual offenses against a child. Why did he do this?

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33509921 days ago

How did ancient Inuit people get the privacy to have intercourse?

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33232558 days ago

It's September 12th, 2001. While I was able to survive yesterday's attacks on the world trade center unscaved, my office is currently sitting underneath a pile of rubble. Do I still have a job? When and where will I go back to work? How will I get by in the time between now and when I start working?

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33041834 days ago

Why aren’t Jesus siblings a bigger deal in modern Christianity?

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310923919 days ago

Is it true that creeping fascism is never stopped without violence? Seeking a fact check on the essay, "I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%."

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297616412 days ago

Nazi Germany rejected Einsteinian physics because of anti-Semitism. The Soviet Union rejected Darwinian evolution because of Marxism. Did the United States ever reject major scientific discoveries because of ideology?

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2675384a month ago

Was female pleasure during sex ever important before modern times, or is this focus on women also getting their share a complete modern phenomenon?

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259714713 days ago

Why is the family who possessed the murder weapon used to kill Emmett Till allowed to remain anonymous?

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2531698 days ago

JFK was shot in 1963. Gerald Ford was almost shot twice in the space of a week(!) in the 70s. Regan was shot and almost died a few years after this. Were the Secret Service really bad at their job up to the early 80s, or am I missing something?

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