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What were day-to-day personal finances in the USSR like?

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How old is the "My mother-in-law is terrible" trope?

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Pies, Tarts, and pans - Based on watching British Bake-Off as an American, it appears that UK bakers use upright crusts in scalloped pans for their pies and tarts. American bakers generally use sloped-sided pans and dishes with smooth sides. What is the history of this divergence?

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Is there any history known about alternate Christmas song lyrics? "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells," etc?

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What was the local reaction in Alsace-Lorraine to changing hands so many times in the 19th and 20th Centuries? What is it like to be conquered in modern times?

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A great number of games and sports (soccer to snooker, baseball to badminton and many more that I've found) that are popular today were invented during the time period 1860-1890. What was the reason for such a proliferation of new games? How did they spread? What about the games that didn't make it?

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What were day-to-day personal finances like in the Soviet Union?

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Prior to June 19, 1865, slaveowners are said to have moved to Texas to keep their 'property' longer. What was the logic there? Did they think that emancipating Texas would somehow be forgotten in the shuffle of the post-war?

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Where and when were sausages invented?

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Were pianos (player or otherwise) really that common in the Western US? Were they really always out of tune?

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What were day-to-day personal finances in the USSR like?	79
How old is the "My mother-in-law is terrible" trope?	74
Pies, Tarts, and pans - Based on watching British Bake-Off as an American, it appears that UK bakers use upright crusts in scalloped pans for their pies and tarts. American bakers generally use sloped-sided pans and dishes with smooth sides. What is the history of this divergence?	31
Is there any history known about alternate Christmas song lyrics? "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells," etc?	22
What was the local reaction in Alsace-Lorraine to changing hands so many times in the 19th and 20th Centuries? What is it like to be conquered in modern times?	21
A great number of games and sports (soccer to snooker, baseball to badminton and many more that I've found) that are popular today were invented during the time period 1860-1890. What was the reason for such a proliferation of new games? How did they spread? What about the games that didn't make it?	18
What were day-to-day personal finances like in the Soviet Union?	18
Prior to June 19, 1865, slaveowners are said to have moved to Texas to keep their 'property' longer. What was the logic there? Did they think that emancipating Texas would somehow be forgotten in the shuffle of the post-war?	6
Where and when were sausages invented?	3
Were pianos (player or otherwise) really that common in the Western US? Were they really always out of tune?	2