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I'm a Viking with a severe toothache. What do I do?	2782
I for one am deeply dissatisfied with the amount and quality of historical information available about the mullet. Can anyone properly enlighten me about the rise and fall of this magnificent hairwreck?	2535
Would a crew of a ship departing from Venice in the 14th century towards Middle East have any plans ready in case they encounter a leviathan on their route?	2141
From Wikipedia: "The Miracle of 1511 (Dutch: De sneeuwpoppen van 1511) was a protest in Brussels, Belgium, against the country's government, in which the locals protested by building approximately 110 satirical and pornographic snowmen." Can I please get more info and the overall context of this?	2029
When H. H. Holmes' murderous "Castle" was in construction, with all the strange labyrinthine features, secret chutes and trap doors, did noone raise an alarm or question his reasons?	1975
The Logan Act forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments and was prompted by George Logan entering into talks with the French during the XYZ Affair (which has led to an undeclared war between U.S. and France, from 1798 to 1800). Why did Logan do it?	1863
How common was car theft in the 1920s U.S.? Was there a market for stolen cars? How hard was it to identify/change identifiers of a vehicle after it's been stolen?	1430
King of the English from 978 to 1016 (with a break in 1013, thanks to invading Danes) was Æthelred the Unready. Wikipedia says that originally his nickname is more akin to “ill-advised”. Who is the bad advisor? Was it his mother Ælfthryth, who was linked to the murder of his half-brother Edward?	1319
I just opened a saloon in a frontier town in the mid 1800s. How do I stock it?	1201
"In 1893, farmer Wesley Parsons laughed to death over a joke told in Laurel, Indiana. He laughed for nearly an hour. He then died two hours after the incident" Well, this is almost verbatum repeated several times on various sites, but nothing more. Can we get closer to the deadly joke?	720

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