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Did the nautical technology exist in the 1290s for Europeans to have traveled to the Americas?

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Why did the Dems nominate Mondale in 1984? Was his role as the other half of Jimmy Carter's monumentally unsuccessful reelection bid four years earlier not a major political liability at the time?

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Why is Sweden so much more populated than its Scandinavian neighbors? Has this been the case since the Viking Age or is this a more recent development?

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After breaking with Rome, how did England deal with foreign Catholics who might want to make pilgrimages to places associated with Catholic saints like Canterbury Cathedral?

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In both The Irishman (2019) and Hoffa (1992), Jimmy Hoffa is portrayed as particularly foul-mouthed and hot-headed. Are these portrayals true to life in those characteristics?

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Bagpipes have existed throughout Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and South Asia, so why did they become primarily associated with Scotland?

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Is there any evidence of crypto-Muslims in Spain's colonies of the Americas?

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How much was Nirvana really responsible for the downfall of glam metal?

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Remarriage was common among widow(er)s of all ages in Medieval Europe. Were those who remarried past the age of fertility expected to abstain from sex (since they couldn't justify it as being for reproductive purposes)? Was there a divide between clerical and lay opinion? (3rd attempt)

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What's the history of spiked bracers before they became used mostly by metal bands? Were spiked bracers a metal musician might use today worn in the Middle Ages?

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Did the nautical technology exist in the 1290s for Europeans to have traveled to the Americas?	13
Why did the Dems nominate Mondale in 1984? Was his role as the other half of Jimmy Carter's monumentally unsuccessful reelection bid four years earlier not a major political liability at the time?	13
Why is Sweden so much more populated than its Scandinavian neighbors? Has this been the case since the Viking Age or is this a more recent development?	13
After breaking with Rome, how did England deal with foreign Catholics who might want to make pilgrimages to places associated with Catholic saints like Canterbury Cathedral?	13
In both The Irishman (2019) and Hoffa (1992), Jimmy Hoffa is portrayed as particularly foul-mouthed and hot-headed. Are these portrayals true to life in those characteristics?	13
Bagpipes have existed throughout Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and South Asia, so why did they become primarily associated with Scotland?	12
Is there any evidence of crypto-Muslims in Spain's colonies of the Americas?	12
How much was Nirvana really responsible for the downfall of glam metal?	12
Remarriage was common among widow(er)s of all ages in Medieval Europe. Were those who remarried past the age of fertility expected to abstain from sex (since they couldn't justify it as being for reproductive purposes)? Was there a divide between clerical and lay opinion? (3rd attempt)	12
What's the history of spiked bracers before they became used mostly by metal bands? Were spiked bracers a metal musician might use today worn in the Middle Ages?	12