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In American pop culture in the '80s and '90s, it was a trope that all Soviet and Eastern bloc athletes were using steroids. But we also know plenty of American and Western athletes were doping. Do we know about the comparative doping in the two sides of the Cold War?

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Soprano, alto, tenor, bass: were there other voice classification systems in Western music? Do we know what the Romans used? How about non-Western music?

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What would the religious life of a traditional, pious Roman citizen during the reign of Augustus be like?

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What would the daily "work life" of a young peasant couple be like in 13th century northern France in each of the four seasons?

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What's the history of multiverse stories in comic books, especially when used to resolve discrepancies in continuity?

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What's the earliest computer that would have been capable of being programmed to play Pong?

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In both the movies "1776" and "Lincoln," people bang on their desks to indicate agreement. When and why did this tradition die out in the U.S.?

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Where did Henry VIII get the idea of the monarch being head of the Church of England and how did he see the Church of England fitting into the Christian world?

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What did the French Revolutionaries think of the English Civil War? Were the parliamentarians heroes for removing a tyrant? Or a cautionary tale about the reaction to beheading a king?

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Does Pompeii give archaeological evidence of the way people thought of the imperial politics? Are there graffiti mourning Vespasian or hopeful about Titus or condemning them both?

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In American pop culture in the '80s and '90s, it was a trope that all Soviet and Eastern bloc athletes were using steroids. But we also know plenty of American and Western athletes were doping. Do we know about the comparative doping in the two sides of the Cold War?	6
Soprano, alto, tenor, bass: were there other voice classification systems in Western music? Do we know what the Romans used? How about non-Western music?	5
What would the religious life of a traditional, pious Roman citizen during the reign of Augustus be like?	5
What would the daily "work life" of a young peasant couple be like in 13th century northern France in each of the four seasons?	5
What's the history of multiverse stories in comic books, especially when used to resolve discrepancies in continuity?	5
What's the earliest computer that would have been capable of being programmed to play Pong?	5
In both the movies "1776" and "Lincoln," people bang on their desks to indicate agreement. When and why did this tradition die out in the U.S.?	4
Where did Henry VIII get the idea of the monarch being head of the Church of England and how did he see the Church of England fitting into the Christian world?	4
What did the French Revolutionaries think of the English Civil War? Were the parliamentarians heroes for removing a tyrant? Or a cautionary tale about the reaction to beheading a king?	4
Does Pompeii give archaeological evidence of the way people thought of the imperial politics? Are there graffiti mourning Vespasian or hopeful about Titus or condemning them both?	4