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In Writing Excuses, Mary Robinette Kowal said though historians say Regency Women didn’t drink Red Wine because they thought it was to strong, she finds it more likely they didn’t drink it because they didn’t want to spill it on their white dresses. How credible is this claim?

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In Inglorious Bastards, Churchill is seen loitering in a corner while an agent is briefed about Operation Kino. Was Churchill like to be a 'fly on the wall' in situations like this or is it an invention of Tarantino's?

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When did USA conservatives start calling news organizations liberal propaganda and/or anti-American?

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Who is George Soros and what is his history before 1997 and his relationship to Globalization?

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What is the academic consensus on how many soldiers were at the Battle of Agincourt?

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Alec Guinness, even though he portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi, thought Star Wars was “fairy-tale rubbish." What in Guinness’s education and/or life would have led him to dislike Star Wars and Sci-Fi? Were feelings like this common amongst others of his age at the time?

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What is the academic consensus on Dr. Jack Shaheen and his work?

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How credible is the evidence that Homer's Ithaca is not the same as today's Ithaca?

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In Elizabethan England and before, was it common to call a European King by his country's name?

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Was globalization a political issue before 1997?

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In Writing Excuses, Mary Robinette Kowal said though historians say Regency Women didn’t drink Red Wine because they thought it was to strong, she finds it more likely they didn’t drink it because they didn’t want to spill it on their white dresses. How credible is this claim?	13
In Inglorious Bastards, Churchill is seen loitering in a corner while an agent is briefed about Operation Kino. Was Churchill like to be a 'fly on the wall' in situations like this or is it an invention of Tarantino's?	13
When did USA conservatives start calling news organizations liberal propaganda and/or anti-American?	12
Who is George Soros and what is his history before 1997 and his relationship to Globalization?	12
What is the academic consensus on how many soldiers were at the Battle of Agincourt?	11
Alec Guinness, even though he portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi, thought Star Wars was “fairy-tale rubbish." What in Guinness’s education and/or life would have led him to dislike Star Wars and Sci-Fi? Were feelings like this common amongst others of his age at the time?	10
What is the academic consensus on Dr. Jack Shaheen and his work?	10
How credible is the evidence that Homer's Ithaca is not the same as today's Ithaca?	10
In Elizabethan England and before, was it common to call a European King by his country's name?	10
Was globalization a political issue before 1997?	10