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Did 17th century French aristocrats send their dirty laundry to the Caribbean for cleaning?	27
Did the settlers at Plymouth give any serious consideration to sailing back home, after losing half their population?	26
Did prohibition have a meaningful lasting impact on the per-capita alcohol consumption, and the rates of alcoholism in the United States?	22
Are there any well established example of cultural knowledge that can be traced back to distant prehistoric times? (E.G. if flood myths could be clearly tied to post-glacial flooding events)	20
At the start of WWII did young people in America resent prior generations for failing to resolve international conflicts from WWI, in a way analogous to the resentment toward earlier generations for the unaddressed environmental issues we face today?	17
How much emphasis do professional historians place on minimizing bias when interpreting historical events? Is there a good guideline or rule of thumb that could help laypeople (and kids in particular) strive for that balance and avoid “rooting for a side” as they interpret historical knowledge?	13
Without stirrups, how did Roman Cavalry (and other non-stirrup-having equestrians) mount their horses?	12
My home, and the others on my street were built in the 1860s about 30 miles NW of Boston, MA. Where would the lumber likely have come from and what sort of trees would they have been harvesting at that time?	8
Today people sometimes resent global trade and it’s impact the quality of goods, or demand for local goods. Is there evidence of similar sentiments as trade routes developed in the ancient world?	3
What civilizations/periods could reasonably be considered the “most advance” civilization ever, at the time they existed?	2

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