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Was there any theory that contested the historical existence of the dancing plague of 1518?

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Before the invention and popularization of clocks, was there any kind of standardization of hourglasses?

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How did the word curry end up being synonymous with a specific Indian dish, when this dish didn't have that name, and the previous meaning of curry is different?

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I am a woman in the middle ages who wears makeup. What is the possibility that I know that the ingredients in my makeup can kill me?

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In colonizing the American continent, England created laws that were much more segregationist than other colonizers. Would there be any record that these other countries thought of this segregationism?

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How popular was the Titanic in popular culture before the release of the Oscar-winning film Titanic?

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before being discovered about the rotation and translation of the earth, and this knowledge being accepted, what is the explanation for the long days and nights of Scandinavia?

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We are a family of three generations of ordinary women in Tang. The grandmother grew up before Wu Zeitian's reign, the mother grew up during her reign, the daughter afterwards. What differences did us find during our lives?

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is it true that Chinese nobles carried Pekingese dogs in their sleeves?

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What are some tricks with historical evidence that Chinese concubines did to get the emperor's attention and to eliminate rival concumbines?

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Was there any theory that contested the historical existence of the dancing plague of 1518?	8
Before the invention and popularization of clocks, was there any kind of standardization of hourglasses?	8
How did the word curry end up being synonymous with a specific Indian dish, when this dish didn't have that name, and the previous meaning of curry is different?	7
I am a woman in the middle ages who wears makeup. What is the possibility that I know that the ingredients in my makeup can kill me?	6
In colonizing the American continent, England created laws that were much more segregationist than other colonizers. Would there be any record that these other countries thought of this segregationism?	6
How popular was the Titanic in popular culture before the release of the Oscar-winning film Titanic?	6
before being discovered about the rotation and translation of the earth, and this knowledge being accepted, what is the explanation for the long days and nights of Scandinavia?	6
We are a family of three generations of ordinary women in Tang. The grandmother grew up before Wu Zeitian's reign, the mother grew up during her reign, the daughter afterwards. What differences did us find during our lives?	5
is it true that Chinese nobles carried Pekingese dogs in their sleeves?	5
What are some tricks with historical evidence that Chinese concubines did to get the emperor's attention and to eliminate rival concumbines?	5