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I'm a hitman for a latin american druglord. How much do I get paid? Do I get paid a salary, or is it on a strictly per-job basis?

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What was the life of an American homeless person like in the 1950s?

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How publicized were the Nuremburg trials within Germany after WWII, and what was the reaction of the average German to them?

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Before the advent of germ theory, how concerned were people that their food had fallen on the floor? Did they follow the 5 second rule?

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There's a common saying that "during a gold rush, sell shovels." What would a "shovel seller" have looked like in the California Gold Rush, and how rich would they have gotten?

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When did pink and blue become the colors for girls and boys? Were other colors ever used to represent the genders?

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Did Hitler really use manifest destiny as an inspiration for the final solution?

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When the allies liberated Nazi concentration camps, how did they treat the gay prisoners compared to the other (e.g. Jewish) prisoners?

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In WWII, General Eisenhower gave 2 French pilots p40s, but they defected to Vichy France. Why did these pilots defect? How did the Vichy government receive them?

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The thirteenth ammendment forbids slavery "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted". How did this particular wording get decided upon? Were there any other candidate wordings for this ammendment?

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I'm a hitman for a latin american druglord. How much do I get paid? Do I get paid a salary, or is it on a strictly per-job basis?	1
What was the life of an American homeless person like in the 1950s?	1
How publicized were the Nuremburg trials within Germany after WWII, and what was the reaction of the average German to them?	1
Before the advent of germ theory, how concerned were people that their food had fallen on the floor? Did they follow the 5 second rule?	1
There's a common saying that "during a gold rush, sell shovels." What would a "shovel seller" have looked like in the California Gold Rush, and how rich would they have gotten?	1
When did pink and blue become the colors for girls and boys? Were other colors ever used to represent the genders?	1
Did Hitler really use manifest destiny as an inspiration for the final solution?	1
When the allies liberated Nazi concentration camps, how did they treat the gay prisoners compared to the other (e.g. Jewish) prisoners?	1
In WWII, General Eisenhower gave 2 French pilots p40s, but they defected to Vichy France. Why did these pilots defect? How did the Vichy government receive them?	1
The thirteenth ammendment forbids slavery "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted". How did this particular wording get decided upon? Were there any other candidate wordings for this ammendment?	1