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When did the "striped shirt, black mask, and bag with dollar sign" stereotype for a robber become popular?
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How did virtually all precolumbian cultures, despite having little contact with each other, all have their own form of the dragon?
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How did the Northern US's textile industry not collapse during the Civil War if the South controlled the majority of cotton?
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"Drinking the blood of enemies" is a common phrase that has been used in literature and speeches in the past hundred years or so. Is there any record of a historical figure actually drinking the blood of enemies?
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