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Short stories were once incredibly popular in the United States, but have dramatically fallen in popularity. What factors lead people to read books but abandon short stories?
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How many hours per day might a Roman Legionnaire on road building or garrison duty be expected to work? Were Roman soldiers worked very hard, or did they get a good amount of downtime?
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America has rejected aristocracy from the beginning, but when and why did this widen to a rejection of educated sophisticates and specialists?
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The US went to war to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. But was Kuwait the primary concern, or was it fear that Iraq was going to invade Saudi Arabia next, and wanted to prevent 40% of the world's oil reserves from falling into Saddam Hussein's hands?
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How well did the work of female writers and poets sell during the 19th century? Was there public disinterest in their work? We're publishers unwilling to give them a chance?
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Is it true that the majority of silent movie reels were destroyed after the invention of "the talkies," because studios thought they were outdated and wanted to save on warehouse space?
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I'd like to read more of the writings of Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. What are some great English translations I should check out (perhaps with commentary)?
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If I headed to one of ancient Athens's three gymnasia, would I see lots of lower-class people working out there and catching lectures from the philosophers and other teachers? Were the gymnasia mostly for the rich, who had plenty of free time?
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