Giacomo1968

New York, United States

A lady asks us for a nickel for a terrible disease but we don’t give her one we don’t like terrible diseases.

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In the American west—the world of cowboys and cowhands—was ammunition traded for alcoholic “shots” of a drink?

history economics guns alcohol asked Jun 10, 2018 at 0:09

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98 votes

Has anyone ever attempted to give a cake — or other baked good — with a file or saw in it to someone in prison to help them escape?

prisoner asked Feb 4, 2018 at 1:15

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90 votes

Why is the most powerful user on a Unix/Linux system called “root?”

linux root user asked Jan 22, 2018 at 16:01

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85 votes

Did silent film actors actually say their lines or did they simply improvise “dialogue” while being filmed?

dialogue production silent-movie asked Aug 6, 2019 at 0:46

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84 votes

Why was Han Solo acting like he’s never seen Chewbacca’s bowcaster before?

star-wars the-force-awakens asked Dec 22, 2015 at 14:30

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75 votes

Did the maps for services such as Snapchat, CitiBike and StreetEasy label New York City as “Jewtropolis” for a brief amount of time?

united-states hacking jews asked Aug 30, 2018 at 17:10

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74 votes

What did Darth Vader mean by “There’ll be no one to stop us this time.” Who had “stopped” Vader—or the Empire—previously?

star-wars star-wars-legends a-new-hope asked Jan 10, 2017 at 0:03

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70 votes

Were World War II scrap drives in the United States truly necessary for the procurement of raw materials?

united-states history propaganda asked Jul 15, 2018 at 16:08

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62 votes

Why were movies shot on film shot at 24 frames per second?

production film-techniques cinema-history asked Aug 20, 2019 at 1:09

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60 votes

Did Luke really not know about Mos Eisley spaceport in the original “Star Wars” (1977) film?

star-wars a-new-hope asked Mar 29, 2017 at 1:36

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macOS Sierra doesn’t seem to remember SSH keys between reboots

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Unplugging USB hard drive can damage computer? Seriously?

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How to install Autoconf, Automake and related tools on Mac OS X from source?

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What is this icon from shell32.dll

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Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio

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What do you do if you are being hacked by something coming from a supposedly legitimate IP address such as from Google?

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CSS transform doesn't work on inline elements

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What happened to ECC RAM?

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How to mark a file as “uncommitable” with Git?

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Avast on macOS High Sierra claims it has caught the Windows-Only “Cryptonight” virus

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Automate mysql_secure_installation with echo command via a shell script

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What was so different about “Night of the Living Dead” from previous zombie movies?

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Why did the original Star Wars trailer imply that its story was happening "right now", rather than "a long time ago"?

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Why do they sell Cat 5 Ethernet splitters if you can’t split the signal?

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