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The amazing Children's Games painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicts a kid with a water gun, according to wikipedia. What kind of water guns did kids play with in Bruegel's time?

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What did they use diving bells for in ancient times?

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Who did a monarch's job if the monarch wasn't able to because of mental health issues?

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How did people learn to draw\paint\sculpt in ancient Greece?

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Didn't the Hapsburgs realize what all the inbreeding was doing to their family? Why didn't they stop?

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How did the Ionians, Dorians, Lydians, and all those folks end up as our musical modes? I know most western European music theory comes from the church, why'd they name the modes after pagan Greeks?

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The wiki article for "Boston Marriage" says "After the 1920s, women in such relationships were increasingly suspected of being in lesbian sexual relationships, so fewer single women chose to live together." So... what happened in the 20's?

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Technical analysis of stocks (candles, cups and handles, etc) developed in Japanese rice markets in the 1600s..... I was surprised to see a video saying it wasn't really adopted in the US until a few decades ago. Is this accurate? Why'd it take so long? How were stocks analysed prior to that?

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Were there any European martial arts that integrated Christianity into their philosophy in the same way that Buddhism is at the core of Kung Fu?

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Who's the earliest actor known by name? Were they "famous" in the way actors are today?

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The amazing Children's Games painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicts a kid with a water gun, according to wikipedia. What kind of water guns did kids play with in Bruegel's time?	26
What did they use diving bells for in ancient times?	25
Who did a monarch's job if the monarch wasn't able to because of mental health issues?	14
How did people learn to draw\paint\sculpt in ancient Greece?	10
Didn't the Hapsburgs realize what all the inbreeding was doing to their family? Why didn't they stop?	8
How did the Ionians, Dorians, Lydians, and all those folks end up as our musical modes? I know most western European music theory comes from the church, why'd they name the modes after pagan Greeks?	7
The wiki article for "Boston Marriage" says "After the 1920s, women in such relationships were increasingly suspected of being in lesbian sexual relationships, so fewer single women chose to live together." So... what happened in the 20's?	6
Technical analysis of stocks (candles, cups and handles, etc) developed in Japanese rice markets in the 1600s..... I was surprised to see a video saying it wasn't really adopted in the US until a few decades ago. Is this accurate? Why'd it take so long? How were stocks analysed prior to that?	5
Were there any European martial arts that integrated Christianity into their philosophy in the same way that Buddhism is at the core of Kung Fu?	4
Who's the earliest actor known by name? Were they "famous" in the way actors are today?	3