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What role did the police have in the Nazi occupation of Paris during WW2?

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What made the Paraguayan War so deadly compared to other conflicts of the time?

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In movies like Back to the Future and Grease, high school dances of the 50s are shown with proficient, energetic and often provocative dancing. Is this at all accurate?

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Apparently, exile was a possible punishment for upper-class Romans (in the Republic period, at least). What did this mean in practice, and what was life like for the exilee?

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For roughly 400 years, Frisia (parts of modern-day Netherlands and northern Germany) supposedly lacked any kind of feudal structure. In practice, how different was this from the surrounding areas?

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In the movie "The Patriot", Col. Martin and General Cornwallis enter some kind of formalized parley. Were negotiations generally this ritualized? If so, are the rules written down somewhere?

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Female detectives/agents in Victorian-era London - who were they? How were they treated?

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There seems to have been a pretty clear fashion divide between punk and post-punk bands. Was this deliberate (the post-punks distancing themselves from their punk roots) or organic?

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In the movie "The Patriot", Col. Martin and General Cornwallis enter some kind of formalized parley. Were negotiations generally this ritualized? If so, are the rules written down somewhere?

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What were the circumstances around English migration to Barbados in the 17th and 18th century?

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What role did the police have in the Nazi occupation of Paris during WW2?	8
What made the Paraguayan War so deadly compared to other conflicts of the time?	8
In movies like Back to the Future and Grease, high school dances of the 50s are shown with proficient, energetic and often provocative dancing. Is this at all accurate?	8
Apparently, exile was a possible punishment for upper-class Romans (in the Republic period, at least). What did this mean in practice, and what was life like for the exilee?	8
For roughly 400 years, Frisia (parts of modern-day Netherlands and northern Germany) supposedly lacked any kind of feudal structure. In practice, how different was this from the surrounding areas?	8
In the movie "The Patriot", Col. Martin and General Cornwallis enter some kind of formalized parley. Were negotiations generally this ritualized? If so, are the rules written down somewhere?	7
Female detectives/agents in Victorian-era London - who were they? How were they treated?	7
There seems to have been a pretty clear fashion divide between punk and post-punk bands. Was this deliberate (the post-punks distancing themselves from their punk roots) or organic?	7
In the movie "The Patriot", Col. Martin and General Cornwallis enter some kind of formalized parley. Were negotiations generally this ritualized? If so, are the rules written down somewhere?	7
What were the circumstances around English migration to Barbados in the 17th and 18th century?	6