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Did 'Dig For Victory' and allotment gardens and parks make a real contribution to the war effort in the UK? Did it turn out to have been necessary (could we have survived without having bothered)?
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In America, "middle class" is a humble term for the average family. In Britain, it's a subtly deprecating term for families with a little too much disposable income. How did this come to be?
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Wikipedia states that there there were thousands of Black Africans in Portugal in the 15th century and the population of Medieval Lisbon then was 10% Black. What happened to them thereafter, and do their descendants still live in Portugal today?
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How did scheduling of Shakespeare's plays work during his lifetime? Was there a "cycle" of plays currently running? Could I only catch them when they came out? Did plays have a specific "season" during the year?
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In the game Return of the Obra Dinn, the titular ship, a trade vessel owned by the English East India Company is manned by dozens of people, hailing from several countries. Would a trade ship from the EIC in this period (1802 to 1807) normally be so diverse in nationalities?
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