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Historically speaking, what do the death throes of an American political party look like?

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So if salt was a currency at times in Rome, are there any records of someone just boiling seawater until they'd amassed a fortune in salt?

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There is a stereotype of the traveling Bard or Jonguleur who visited small towns and villages in fantasy. Was this a common practice? Is there evidence of a Jonguleur's guild in Medieval sources?

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Did JFK flub the line "Ich bin ein Berliner"?

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Historically speaking, what do the death throes of an American political party look like?	423
So if salt was a currency at times in Rome, are there any records of someone just boiling seawater until they'd amassed a fortune in salt?	51
There is a stereotype of the traveling Bard or Jonguleur who visited small towns and villages in fantasy. Was this a common practice? Is there evidence of a Jonguleur's guild in Medieval sources?	12
Did JFK flub the line "Ich bin ein Berliner"?	1