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Harper

American publishing company

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Dec 13, 2025
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Why did Friedrich Trump emigrate from Germany and what occupation did he pursue in the US?

Friedrich (Frederick) Trump left Kallstadt, Bavaria, for the United States at age 16 in 1885 largely to escape compulsory military service and because the village offered limited economic prospects; h...

Nov 6, 2025
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are the LOL podcast members christians

The available reporting shows , but the evidence does not support a blanket claim that all members of a single “LOL podcast” are Christians. Sources describe founders with explicit Christian backgroun...

Jan 26, 2026
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What are the earliest printed versions of 'Cotton-Eyed Joe' and what do their lyrics show?

The earliest known printed appearance of "" is a dialect transcription published by in 1882, a version that was later reprinted in 1910 and survives in many folklorists' collections . Those earliest p...

Jan 21, 2026

what is the etymology of "umbillical"

The adjective commonly spelled "" derives from umbilīcālis, itself formed from Latin umbilīcus meaning "navel," plus the adjectival suffix -ālis; borrowed the form in the mid-16th century (first attes...

Jan 20, 2026

Which passages in Hillbilly Elegy discuss ‘learned helplessness’ and what sources does Vance cite for that claim?

J.D. Vance explicitly invokes “learned helplessness” in Hillbilly Elegy most notably when contrasting the fatalism of his childhood with the discipline he found in the Marine Corps — a passage repeate...

Dec 2, 2025

When and where did Friedrich Trump emigrate from Germany to the U.S.?

Friedrich (Frederick) Trump emigrated from Kallstadt in the Palatinate (then Kingdom of Bavaria) to the United States in 1885 at age 16, boarding a steamship in October and arriving in New York later ...