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How common was illegal drinking during the prohibition era? Would the "average joe" have been frequenting speakeasies or was this something mainly done by an already more criminal crowd?
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Nixon claimed that he would have destroyed the tapes had he thought they proved he did anything illegal. While President, he refused to hand them over until the Supreme Court made him. If Nixon didn’t think he did anything illegal, why did he so ardently refuse to hand them over?
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My grandfather told me about a "video call" possibility in the Soviet Union during the 70s-80s. How likely is that the Soviets had the technology needed and would offer the possibility to the public?
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In medieval films, barrels and wooden crates seem to be a ubiquitous "filler" prop. How common would it actually have been to transport or store goods in such containers en masse in the European Middle Ages?
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My 60ish year old mother once told me she finds it strange that a lot of young people still listen to classic rock from her youth (50~ years ago), when pretty much nobody her age during her youth was listening to music from 30-50~ years before then. Is that true? If so, why the change?
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Did ancient Romans call each other by their "first name" (praenomen, e.g., “Hello, Marcus”), or would they have called each other by “last names” (nomen & cognomen, e.g., “Hello, Cicero”)?
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What were the arguments and how fierce/widespread was the resistance against creating Social Security before it was passed?
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In 387 B.C., the Persians funded a Spartan fleet to destroy an Athenian fleet, which the Persians had previously funded to destroy another Spartan fleet, which the Persians had previously funded to destroy aother Athenian fleet. Was this brilliant geopolitics or indecision and a waste of money?
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