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How did patent offices avoid registering the same invention twice without the use of computers and modern search engines? Did the patent officers have to memorize every invention, or did they just wait for conflicts to emerge and then consult the records?

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Was Broccoli an exotic food in the 1970/80s?

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Modern bar brawls often involve broken bottles and glasses. Do we have records of anybody getting stabbed with a mead horn?

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When and where did the stereotype that mice love cheese come from?

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How would chauffers in the late 19th/early 20th Century learn how to drive?

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How did Henry Kissinger end up being an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters?

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I had a teacher who referred to Herodotus as "The Father of Lies and Uncle of Bullshit", is this a fair assessment?

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Why did Rastafarians focus their ire on the Babylonians and not some other Old Testament antagonists?

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How sure are we that Homer was blind?

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How do you think the glut of information that we put online about ourselves will change the Historian's trade in the future?

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How did patent offices avoid registering the same invention twice without the use of computers and modern search engines? Did the patent officers have to memorize every invention, or did they just wait for conflicts to emerge and then consult the records?	19
Was Broccoli an exotic food in the 1970/80s?	17
Modern bar brawls often involve broken bottles and glasses. Do we have records of anybody getting stabbed with a mead horn?	17
When and where did the stereotype that mice love cheese come from?	15
How would chauffers in the late 19th/early 20th Century learn how to drive?	15
How did Henry Kissinger end up being an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters?	9
I had a teacher who referred to Herodotus as "The Father of Lies and Uncle of Bullshit", is this a fair assessment?	8
Why did Rastafarians focus their ire on the Babylonians and not some other Old Testament antagonists?	5
How sure are we that Homer was blind?	5
How do you think the glut of information that we put online about ourselves will change the Historian's trade in the future?	3