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Would an English commoner before 1500 have heard music on a regular basis? Would their musical tastes have expanded much beyond common Church hymns and perhaps some folk songs? What about nobles? When would a more expansive musical repertoire become common for the English lower-class?

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How do we know so much about troop movements, battle positiontioning and strategy, etc. during the US Revolution? Was someone writing down all troop movements? Or is it pieced together from many different sources? Is all that information 100% reliable?

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What's the highest US (or state) office anyone has been elected to as a write-in candidate?

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How much credence is there to the theory that Shakespeare did not write his plays?

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Was the average Renaissance era Catholic aware of how politically corrupt the Church had become at its highest levels?

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Is there a history of veterinary medicine before the late 18th century?

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When did global population reach 1 billion, and where were the main centers of population at that time?

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What are the earliest known references to magnets/magnetism, and how was it understood or explained?

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When did Europeans begin deep sea diving? What about East Asians?

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Would an English commoner before 1500 have heard music on a regular basis? Would their musical tastes have expanded much beyond common Church hymns and perhaps some folk songs? What about nobles? When would a more expansive musical repertoire become common for the English lower-class?	357
How do we know so much about troop movements, battle positiontioning and strategy, etc. during the US Revolution? Was someone writing down all troop movements? Or is it pieced together from many different sources? Is all that information 100% reliable?	24
What's the highest US (or state) office anyone has been elected to as a write-in candidate?	22
How much credence is there to the theory that Shakespeare did not write his plays?	10
Was the average Renaissance era Catholic aware of how politically corrupt the Church had become at its highest levels?	9
Is there a history of veterinary medicine before the late 18th century?	6
When did global population reach 1 billion, and where were the main centers of population at that time?	6
What are the earliest known references to magnets/magnetism, and how was it understood or explained?	4
When did Europeans begin deep sea diving? What about East Asians?	1