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I'm a soothsayer in the first century CE. Pliny the Elder wrote about my use of crystal balls. How would my crystal ball have been manufactured? How spherical would it have been? How much would it have cost me?

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Who were the first apiarists? What did they wear to protect themselves from ouchies? How much has beekeeping changed in (appropriate number) years?

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In the new Pinocchio movie, Gepetto has on his wall a collection of cuckoo clocks, many of which feature scenes from earlier Disney films, themselves based on existing children's tales. How likely is it that a late 19th century woodworker would have heard these fairy tales?

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a dope car in possession of a flamey paint job gains +10 speed. For how long has this truth been acknowledged? What's the history of sick ass custom coats? Were there pimped out wagons heading out west? Or did it begin with car culture?

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I'm a soothsayer in the first century CE. Pliny the Elder wrote about my use of crystal balls. How would my crystal ball have been manufactured? How spherical would it have been? How much would it have cost me?	223
Who were the first apiarists? What did they wear to protect themselves from ouchies? How much has beekeeping changed in (appropriate number) years?	8
In the new Pinocchio movie, Gepetto has on his wall a collection of cuckoo clocks, many of which feature scenes from earlier Disney films, themselves based on existing children's tales. How likely is it that a late 19th century woodworker would have heard these fairy tales?	2
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a dope car in possession of a flamey paint job gains +10 speed. For how long has this truth been acknowledged? What's the history of sick ass custom coats? Were there pimped out wagons heading out west? Or did it begin with car culture?	0