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Is peeing in the streets as a common habit in India, a common habit in the other countries too? [closed]
I saw them in some cities in India during my one month trip myself. I tried an on line research and found it is a negative behavior even in India as you can read here by an Indian woman:
Anywhere ...
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Do a third of Italian men live with their parents?
I have heard that Italian men live with their parents as a racial stereotype joke and from some Italian friends. They say that this is true because they have seen these people in their environments or ...
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Have all sustainable cultures been illiterate (or not made a fetish of reading)?
I have been reading "What Is Education For" by David Orr and the author makes the following statement:
It is a matter of no small consequence that the only people who have lived sustainably on the ...
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Did the French Revolution cause people to give the Ace (in a deck of cards) rank above a King?
It has been said"
After the French Revolution some games started to use the ace or 1 as
the highest card which symbolized the lowest in society rising above
the King.
A discussion forum ...
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Did the Harvard Museum of Natural History put this label on their display?
This picture is circulating the internet
This blog identifies the HMNH label as the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Did they in fact put this label on their display?
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Does the name of Easter derive from a goddess called Eostre? [closed]
As I write this, the Easter holidays are just beginning. In their honour, I have a question about Easter:
I've widely heard that the name of the festival has its roots in its pagan origins, and ...
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Does the Pepsi brand name stand for “pay every penny to save Israel”?
Is this how the name Pepsi was formed?
Example of the claim
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Are there more Greeks living outside of Greece than inside it?
I heard recently that there are more Greeks currently living outside of Greece than inside it. My source, of course, didn't qualify whether that statistic only includes people who were born there, but ...
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Is prostitution uncommon among geishas?
Many news stories and plenty of ensuing comments about geishas have people making a strong point that geishas are not prostitutes.
However, the wikipedia article makes a meal out of the topic and ...
