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When did marriage become about pairing with your "one true love" or "soul mate"? When did these romantic notions become popular, and what popularized them?

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In Jasper Becker's Hungry Ghosts, he makes the claim that broken glass was used as a "fertilizer" during the Great Leap Forward. Is this accepted as true in academia? What were the circumstances and impacts of this practice and how widespread was it?

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How prevalent was fetal alcohol syndrome in Europe in the middle ages?

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Aboriginal Australian fish farming before European colonization?

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What is the most annoying commonly-held beliefs about your time/area of expertise?

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When did marriage become about pairing with your "one true love" or "soul mate"? When did these romantic notions become popular, and what popularized them?	1189
In Jasper Becker's Hungry Ghosts, he makes the claim that broken glass was used as a "fertilizer" during the Great Leap Forward. Is this accepted as true in academia? What were the circumstances and impacts of this practice and how widespread was it?	39
How prevalent was fetal alcohol syndrome in Europe in the middle ages?	23
Aboriginal Australian fish farming before European colonization?	9
What is the most annoying commonly-held beliefs about your time/area of expertise?	1