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How soon after the invention of the automobile did they replace horse drawn cabs?

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How well-developed was the French resistance, in particular in terms of assisting downed Allied airmen, in early 1941?

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During periods where fashionable female dress featured low necklines, are there records of women objecting to exposing themselves to the male gaze in this way?

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Polish-speaking soldiers served in the Imperial German army during World War 1. Most Poles lived in Prussia - before the formation of the Polnische Wehrmacht in 1917, would they therefore have simply been drafted into Prussian regiments, or were there other dedicated Polish-speaking formations?

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If the Fashoda Incident (1898) had in fact led to war between the UK and France, what tactics and technologies would/would not have been available to combatants compared with the Great War 16 years later.

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What's the deal with all the Sumerian stuff in Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash"

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When did street-name signs start appearing in the western world?

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How did commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland come to issue their own banknotes? AIUI, this ability was granted long after Union rather than being grandfathered in.

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Was the Abwehr as hilariously inept in its attempts to infiltrate agents into Britain as various sources suggest?

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The image of a castle or town gate guarded by two liveried men with polearms is pretty ubiquitous throughout media set in any "medieval" or similar situation. Was it ever accurate, and where did it come from if not?

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How soon after the invention of the automobile did they replace horse drawn cabs?	1
How well-developed was the French resistance, in particular in terms of assisting downed Allied airmen, in early 1941?	1
During periods where fashionable female dress featured low necklines, are there records of women objecting to exposing themselves to the male gaze in this way?	1
Polish-speaking soldiers served in the Imperial German army during World War 1. Most Poles lived in Prussia - before the formation of the Polnische Wehrmacht in 1917, would they therefore have simply been drafted into Prussian regiments, or were there other dedicated Polish-speaking formations?	1
If the Fashoda Incident (1898) had in fact led to war between the UK and France, what tactics and technologies would/would not have been available to combatants compared with the Great War 16 years later.	1
What's the deal with all the Sumerian stuff in Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash"	1
When did street-name signs start appearing in the western world?	1
How did commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland come to issue their own banknotes? AIUI, this ability was granted long after Union rather than being grandfathered in.	1
Was the Abwehr as hilariously inept in its attempts to infiltrate agents into Britain as various sources suggest?	1
The image of a castle or town gate guarded by two liveried men with polearms is pretty ubiquitous throughout media set in any "medieval" or similar situation. Was it ever accurate, and where did it come from if not?	1