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The traditional religion of the Maasai people from East Africa maintains that the Supreme God Ngai has chosen them to herd all cattle in the world, and this belief has been used to justify stealing from other ethnic groups.

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u/BabylonianWeeb — 10 hours ago
The Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) was a man-portable nuclear bomb fielded by the US military from the 1960s to 1980s but never used in combat. Soldiers training for the program knew it was a suicide mission.
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The Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) was a man-portable nuclear bomb fielded by the US military from the 1960s to 1980s but never used in combat. Soldiers training for the program knew it was a suicide mission.

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u/SorryAboutTheWayIAm — 7 hours ago
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Nirvana fallacy is a logical error that occurs when real-world solutions are rejected because they are not perfect, comparing them instead to an unrealistic, idealized alternative. It falsely assumes that if a plan isn't flawless, it is not worth pursuing.

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u/CyberBerserk — 21 hours ago
Ten-Cent Beer Night was an ill-fated promotion held by MLB's Cleveland Indians in 1974. With a limit of six beers per purchase, but no limit on the number of purchases made during the game, the game quickly descended into chaos
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Ten-Cent Beer Night was an ill-fated promotion held by MLB's Cleveland Indians in 1974. With a limit of six beers per purchase, but no limit on the number of purchases made during the game, the game quickly descended into chaos

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u/disless — 21 hours ago
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"Angry at God" is an Algerian extremist armed organization that split from the Armed Islamic Group. Its members would cut off their right index finger, and wrap their heads in a headband inscribed with the phrase "Angry at God", as they believed that God had failed them in their Jihand.

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u/nolrez1 — 11 hours ago
TIL during WWII the Wehrmacht and SS ran about 500 military brothels across occupied Europe, especially on the Eastern Front including Poland, where girls as young as 15 were abducted and forced into exploitation, and made to serve up to 32 soldiers a day. 33,140 women were forced as prostitute.
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TIL during WWII the Wehrmacht and SS ran about 500 military brothels across occupied Europe, especially on the Eastern Front including Poland, where girls as young as 15 were abducted and forced into exploitation, and made to serve up to 32 soldiers a day. 33,140 women were forced as prostitute.

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u/TumbleweedRoutine631 — 7 hours ago
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Abdul Rahman is an Afghan man who was arrested in February 2006 and faced a possible death sentence for apostasy because he had converted to Christianity. On 27 March 2006, under heavy pressure from foreign governments, Abdul Rahman was released from prison. Italy offered him asylum.

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u/CatPooedInMyShoe — 17 hours ago
Agrarian Justice Agrarian Justice is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and published in 1797, which proposed the creation of an early welfare state to provide universal old-age and disability pensions and a fixed sum to be paid to all citizens upon reaching maturity.
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Agrarian Justice Agrarian Justice is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and published in 1797, which proposed the creation of an early welfare state to provide universal old-age and disability pensions and a fixed sum to be paid to all citizens upon reaching maturity.

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u/funnylib — 5 hours ago
David the Dendrite was a monk who lived outside Thessaloniki in the 500s and was famed for his sound advice. Tired of being hounded by crowds of people seeking his advice, he went to live in an almond tree for three years.
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David the Dendrite was a monk who lived outside Thessaloniki in the 500s and was famed for his sound advice. Tired of being hounded by crowds of people seeking his advice, he went to live in an almond tree for three years.

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u/CatPooedInMyShoe — 17 hours ago
While writing on the sixth season of the animated caveman comedy The Flintstones, Joanna Lee developed a character she described as "a mirror, reflecting life's vicissitudes, vagaries, ritual magic and dreary reality". The Great Gazoo appeared in 11 episodes before the show's cancellation in 1966.
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While writing on the sixth season of the animated caveman comedy The Flintstones, Joanna Lee developed a character she described as "a mirror, reflecting life's vicissitudes, vagaries, ritual magic and dreary reality". The Great Gazoo appeared in 11 episodes before the show's cancellation in 1966.

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u/HicksOn106th — 19 hours ago
Formerly the third-largest lake in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,300 sq mi), the Aral Sea began shrinking in the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.
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Formerly the third-largest lake in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,300 sq mi), the Aral Sea began shrinking in the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.

After the visit to Muynak in 2011, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the shrinking of the Aral Sea "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters".

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u/syanxde — 9 hours ago
Concrete military bunkers are a ubiquitous sight in Albania, with an average of 5.7 bunkers for every square kilometer. The bunkers were built during the communist government led by Enver Hoxha from the 1960s to the 1980s, as the government fortified Albania by building more than 750,000 bunkers.
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Concrete military bunkers are a ubiquitous sight in Albania, with an average of 5.7 bunkers for every square kilometer. The bunkers were built during the communist government led by Enver Hoxha from the 1960s to the 1980s, as the government fortified Albania by building more than 750,000 bunkers.

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u/GustavoistSoldier — 6 hours ago
Jung Myung-seok is a South Korean clergyman convicted of sexual assault. He founded and led the Providence religious movement, which is commonly referred to as a Christian sect or cult. Jung is a self-proclaimed messiah.
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Jung Myung-seok is a South Korean clergyman convicted of sexual assault. He founded and led the Providence religious movement, which is commonly referred to as a Christian sect or cult. Jung is a self-proclaimed messiah.

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u/laybs1 — 5 hours ago
St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, discovered the cross Jesus was crucified on around 326. She was convinced of its legitimacy when a woman was healed by touching it. It was lost in 1219 during the Fifth Crusade.
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St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, discovered the cross Jesus was crucified on around 326. She was convinced of its legitimacy when a woman was healed by touching it. It was lost in 1219 during the Fifth Crusade.

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u/InvisibleEar — 21 hours ago
“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is a magazine article by technology writer Nicholas G. Carr, and is highly critical of the Internet's effect on cognition. It was published in the July/August 2008 edition of The Atlantic magazine as a six-page cover story.
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“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is a magazine article by technology writer Nicholas G. Carr, and is highly critical of the Internet's effect on cognition. It was published in the July/August 2008 edition of The Atlantic magazine as a six-page cover story.

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u/clowsnaow — 21 hours ago
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Prince Hall Freemasonry is a branch of North American Freemasonry created for African Americans, founded by Prince Hall in 1784. Prince Hall Freemasonry is the oldest and largest (300,000+ initiated members) predominantly African-American fraternity in the United States

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u/funnylib — 17 hours ago
The Spear of Destiny is a 1972 book by Trevor Ravenscroft that claims Hitler was a Satanist and had a mystical encounter with the Holy Lance at age 19. Trevor claimed to have based the book on meetings with Walter Stein, but later said he had actually met Walter as a spirit through a medium.
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The Spear of Destiny is a 1972 book by Trevor Ravenscroft that claims Hitler was a Satanist and had a mystical encounter with the Holy Lance at age 19. Trevor claimed to have based the book on meetings with Walter Stein, but later said he had actually met Walter as a spirit through a medium.

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u/InvisibleEar — 19 hours ago
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The New Deal coalition was a political coalition that supported the Democratic Party beginning in 1932. It included labor unions, blue-collar workers, big city machines, racial and religious minorities (including Jews, Catholics, and African Americans), white Southerners, and intellectuals.

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u/Hydrospacer1000 — 22 hours ago
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