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Why are ghosts usually portrayed as being from the Victorian era? Were ghosts always portrayed as being 'old timey'?

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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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[WP] Dragons funnel money from their hoards in Europe into philanthropic ventures in Asia as a tax dodge/money laundering scheme.

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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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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are ghosts usually portrayed as being from the Victorian era? Were ghosts always portrayed as being 'old timey'?	26	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
Was Broccoli an exotic food in the 1970/80s?	17	AskHistorians
Modern bar brawls often involve broken bottles and glasses. Do we have records of anybody getting stabbed with a mead horn?	17	AskHistorians
When and where did the stereotype that mice love cheese come from?	15	AskHistorians
How would chauffers in the late 19th/early 20th Century learn how to drive?	15	AskHistorians
[WP] Dragons funnel money from their hoards in Europe into philanthropic ventures in Asia as a tax dodge/money laundering scheme.	14	WritingPrompts
How did Henry Kissinger end up being an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters?	9	AskHistorians
I had a teacher who referred to Herodotus as "The Father of Lies and Uncle of Bullshit", is this a fair assessment?	8	AskHistorians
Why did Rastafarians focus their ire on the Babylonians and not some other Old Testament antagonists?	5	AskHistorians