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The famous Manchu-Han imperial feast, commonly cited as history's greatest banquet, included ingredients such as rhino tail and leopard fetus. What was the normal diet of the Qing Chinese imperial household like? Were such ingredients commonplace, or where they simply a rare display of status?

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The Venerable Bede feels like taking a break from writing to go and listen to some music. Where would he go, and what would he listen to when he was there?

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When did the "island" configuration become the norm for aircraft carriers?

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Why did Eastern Bloc governments keep important documents about the Holocaust in secret archives or censor them? Wouldn't these documents have had huge propaganda value as evidence of the crimes of Nazism?

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A common trope in depictions of the Medieval and Early Modern eras is banquets or feasts which last for several days. How common were such events in the Medieval world? When did such extravagance go out of fashion?

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How was wealth secured by Medieval European traders and sailors?

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How would abortions be performed in Medieval Europe?

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Have eight million people really died in the Cerro Rico silver mine in Bolivia?

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Was the 1745 Jacobite uprising primarily a British dynastic struggle or a Scottish national rebellion?

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Since it was known since Antiquity that the world was round, did anybody attempt a Westward voyage to the Indies before Christopher Columbus? If not, why not?

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The famous Manchu-Han imperial feast, commonly cited as history's greatest banquet, included ingredients such as rhino tail and leopard fetus. What was the normal diet of the Qing Chinese imperial household like? Were such ingredients commonplace, or where they simply a rare display of status?	7
The Venerable Bede feels like taking a break from writing to go and listen to some music. Where would he go, and what would he listen to when he was there?	7
When did the "island" configuration become the norm for aircraft carriers?	6
Why did Eastern Bloc governments keep important documents about the Holocaust in secret archives or censor them? Wouldn't these documents have had huge propaganda value as evidence of the crimes of Nazism?	6
A common trope in depictions of the Medieval and Early Modern eras is banquets or feasts which last for several days. How common were such events in the Medieval world? When did such extravagance go out of fashion?	6
How was wealth secured by Medieval European traders and sailors?	6
How would abortions be performed in Medieval Europe?	5
Have eight million people really died in the Cerro Rico silver mine in Bolivia?	5
Was the 1745 Jacobite uprising primarily a British dynastic struggle or a Scottish national rebellion?	5
Since it was known since Antiquity that the world was round, did anybody attempt a Westward voyage to the Indies before Christopher Columbus? If not, why not?	5