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What's the deal with what I understand to be Chaucer's rape accusation?

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"Oh God!" What's the history behind interjecting deity names to express sexual pleasure? Does this phenomenon predate filmed pornography?

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Looking for books about 1830's Spain - both general history and more specifically about literary and print culture

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Was there ever a movement to create a single Arab state consisting of all the Arabic-speaking countries from Morocco to Oman?

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How did country music, a genre with origins in the American South, end up having an aesthetic based on (the Hollywood version of) Old West cowboys?

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Ross Perot was one of the strongest American voices against NAFTA in the early 90s. The Mexican left was also generally against NAFTA at the time. Did they see him as an ally or defender of their own interests within the US?

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Who was the first European king to study at a university?

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Did immigrants to the US in the 19th and early 20th century really believe the streets were paved with gold? If not, where does this trope come from?

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I'm a resident of NYC during the first few decades of the 20th century. When would I have seen more cars than horses on the street?

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Has a soldier ever faked his death by putting his clothes on the corpse of a fallen fellow soldier who a) had similar body type, and b) whose face was disfigured beyond recognition?

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What's the deal with what I understand to be Chaucer's rape accusation?	1
"Oh God!" What's the history behind interjecting deity names to express sexual pleasure? Does this phenomenon predate filmed pornography?	1
Looking for books about 1830's Spain - both general history and more specifically about literary and print culture	1
Was there ever a movement to create a single Arab state consisting of all the Arabic-speaking countries from Morocco to Oman?	1
How did country music, a genre with origins in the American South, end up having an aesthetic based on (the Hollywood version of) Old West cowboys?	1
Ross Perot was one of the strongest American voices against NAFTA in the early 90s. The Mexican left was also generally against NAFTA at the time. Did they see him as an ally or defender of their own interests within the US?	1
Who was the first European king to study at a university?	1
Did immigrants to the US in the 19th and early 20th century really believe the streets were paved with gold? If not, where does this trope come from?	1
I'm a resident of NYC during the first few decades of the 20th century. When would I have seen more cars than horses on the street?	1
Has a soldier ever faked his death by putting his clothes on the corpse of a fallen fellow soldier who a) had similar body type, and b) whose face was disfigured beyond recognition?	1