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Food
Why are there so few kinds of cutlery?
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Is the West kidding itself about the good intentions of Islam?
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What did the West do to provoke Islamic hostility?
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How harmful was Agent Orange, anyways?
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Animals
Service animals, emotional support animals, therapy animals — how are they different?
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Who came up with our popular image of Jesus?
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Why don’t British singers sound British when they sing?
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Is a border adjustment tax really just a plain old tariff?
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Can a crazy president be removed from office?
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When is it legal to sample music?
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What do movie production credits mean?
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When and why did humans start wiping?
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How do they measure the effectiveness of birth control?
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