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In the Napoleonic wars, the capture of regimental colour was a huge honour to whomever captured it. Were these colours ever returned after the war? What happened to them?

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Roughly when did the sum total of machine horse power in Britain become greater than the sum total of actual horse power?

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At what point in Western Civilisation did the heart become the seat of love?

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In the Napoleonic wars, the capture of regimental colour was a huge honour to whomever captured it. Were these colours ever returned after the war? What happened to them?	152
Roughly when did the sum total of machine horse power in Britain become greater than the sum total of actual horse power?	7
At what point in Western Civilisation did the heart become the seat of love?	2