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A common trope in video games is the ability to pick up the weapons of your slain enemies on the battlefield. Was this a common practice in real life?

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How did the microwave oven change domestic life in the United States?

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How did peas and beans come to become such a large part of the British diet?

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In the movie Mean Streets (1973), the characters repeatedly start fighting when someone insults them with the word "jerk". Was this a particularly offensive word for the time period?

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A common trope in video games is the ability to pick up the weapons of your slain enemies on the battlefield. Was this a common practice in real life?	13
How did the microwave oven change domestic life in the United States?	4
How did peas and beans come to become such a large part of the British diet?	2
In the movie Mean Streets (1973), the characters repeatedly start fighting when someone insults them with the word "jerk". Was this a particularly offensive word for the time period?	1