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Why were people in Golden Age Hollywood Epics so oily?	19
I understand a popular form of Ancient Greek entertainment was the recitation and singing of epics. How would a performance or recitation work in that time period? Homer's epics at the least take hours to read in English, so would it be read or sung over multiple days in secession or in one go?	16
Are there any recorded attempts to climb Mount Olympus in Antiquity? If so, were the climbers punished for trespassing or saluted for a noble and dignified attempt of a quest to the Gods?	11
Walt Disney's original Alice in Wonderland is well known for its psychedelic animation and art style. While artistic merit while on drugs was well known by the 1960s, were any of the animators for 1951's Alice in Wonderland experimenting with drugs?	11
Are there written descriptions of dolphins in Ancient History?	8
How much of early television was lost because it wasn't recorded on video tape or Kinescope?	7
It's been a legend that the Liberty Bell rang out when the Declaration of Independence was sighned. Did it become a phenomena that as news of Independence was spread, bells were rung in a similar manner across the then 13 Colonies? Is there a record of this even?	6
When did the Romeo and Juliet Overture by Tchaikovsky become a cliche of romance for comedic purposes?	4
How did Ancient Romans find sources of water to build aqueducts to the city?	4
When Europeans were first introduced to the sugarcane during the Columbian Exchange, I've read that coffee and tea were not necessarily a major commodity for which sugar was necessary as it has become so today, so what did they use sugar for? What were among the early recipes for its use?	3

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