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I'm a resident of 16th century England who is wealthy enough to afford an estate and several servants. As I understand, grass lawns as we know them did not proliferate until the 18th-19th centuries. What then does the area surrounding my house look like, where there would be a lawn in the future?
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From what I know, the Egyptian first dynasty started within a few hundred years of the Sahara finishing it's most recent event of drying up. Is this a coincidence, or did the desertification cause migrations that led to the rise of Egypt?
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As I drifted further away from the spaceship, I was terrified by the light which told me I had 8 hours of oxygen left.
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As the first archaeologist to see the lost scrolls from the Library of Alexandria, I was honored to record myself reading the ancient texts.
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The borders of Brazil extend much further west in South America than the boundary line originally set by the Treaty of Tordesillas. What led to Portugal controlling so much land which was nominally granted to Spain? Did Spain ever get mad about this?
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To my understanding, the ability to be vegan without health issues is dependent on the existence of vitamin supplements. When would it first have been possible to do such a diet without major adverse effects? When did people first start to go vegan?
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