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What's the history of cute aliens in books and movies and TV?	4
We all know about Quebecois nationalism. Has there been Anglophone Canadian separatism? If so, did they make an alliance with the Quebecois separatists and call for a mutual divorce?	4
You sometimes hear about how Western Europeans were reintroduced to ancient Greek language and literature during the Renaissance. How thoroughly was knowledge of Greek lost before then?	3
In 1967, Otis Redding sang "Boys and things that come by the dozen/That ain't nothin' but drug store lovin'." How long have drug stores been associated with selling cheap products besides drugs?	3
How unusual were the dirty tricks of Nixon's reelection campaign? Do we know if any other nominees in the second half of the 20th century engaged in similar practice?	3
Was the naming of Washington DC during Washington's own presidency controversial at the time?	3
The 14th Amendment was passed in 1868 and forbids former rebels from holding elective office without Congress's approval. But the Amnesty Act of 1872 allowed all former Confederates to run. Why the quick turnaround?	3
I'm a healthy young farmer in 1800 in Britain and just got a gash on my arm from a minor accident that will need stitches. How likely am I to die of infection?	3
In Independence Day, Harry Connick Jr.'s character says to Will Smith's character, "You're never gonna get to fly the space shuttle if you marry a stripper." Would '90s NASA really investigate potential astronaut's family members' background for potential "scandal" like that?	3
How did English people during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I feel about the loss of the Hundred Years' War? Shakespeare seems to treat the conquest of France as a just cause and the loss of French territory as regrettable.	3

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