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How did people wipe before toilet paper became widespread?

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Would the European theater have been won if D-Day didn't succeed, and the Americans and British didn't invade, and just left defeating the Nazis all to the Russians?

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Why did armies use muskets when bow & arrows have a much faster rate of fire?

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Given that bicycles are relatively simple mechanical contraptions, why did it take until the early 19th century for them to be invented?

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To what degree was the early United State's (1783-1861) economy dependent on cotton? Was cotton something that only the south profited from or did the north profit as well?

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Shakespeare didn't attend university, so how did he become an all-time great writer?

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What was day-to-day life like for Civil War soldiers?

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How did people wipe before toilet paper became widespread?	2
Would the European theater have been won if D-Day didn't succeed, and the Americans and British didn't invade, and just left defeating the Nazis all to the Russians?	1
Why did armies use muskets when bow & arrows have a much faster rate of fire?	1
Given that bicycles are relatively simple mechanical contraptions, why did it take until the early 19th century for them to be invented?	1
To what degree was the early United State's (1783-1861) economy dependent on cotton? Was cotton something that only the south profited from or did the north profit as well?	1
Shakespeare didn't attend university, so how did he become an all-time great writer?	0
What was day-to-day life like for Civil War soldiers?	0