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Six Historically True Facts about Money
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How did money come to be such a driving force of modern life?
Why Do All Malls Look the Same?
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Why do all strip malls look the same, even across different states?
Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?
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Why were most slaves in America from West Africa?
Why Do Women Shave Their Legs?
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Why do women shave their legs and armpit hair, but men don’t?
6 Weird Facts About the History of Birth Control
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The history of birth control is very long and very odd.
Why Do We Say "Asian American" Not "Oriental"?
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Why do Americans no longer use the word “Oriental”?
Why Was It Illegal to be Ugly?
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For nearly 100 years it was illegal to be “ugly.” How did we put an end to this?
What Was Jesus' Real Name?
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How did we get the name “Jesus”? And is “Christ” a last name?
History of the Word “Gay”
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Why did “GAY” stop meaning “happy” and start referring “same sex relationships?
Do Standardized Tests Do More Harm Than Good?
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Do standardized test help or harm students?
When Men Wore High Heels
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For much of their history high heels were seen as a marker of an epic masculinity.
The 2nd Amendment Explained
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We dive into the Supreme Court cases that shaped our understanding of the 2nd amendment.
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