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How did the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, work in the medieval era? Would the average Muslim have had a better knowledge of geography than the average non-Muslim because of the necessity of knowing how to get to there?

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What was the development of package tracking like for the US Postal Service?

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How responsible for/aware of Japanese war crimes was Hirohito?

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When did scarecrows become associated with horror?

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How did (arguably predatory) "buy here, pay here" car dealerships develop? It seems like a pretty big jump for car dealers to get into the financial services industry.

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I learned today of Harold Hering, a Major in the United States airforce missile crewman who was discharged in 1973 "for asking" whether the orders to launch a missile came from a sane president. Was Hering actually fired JUST for asking the question, or is this an oversimplification?

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Was product placement in media a thing prior to film? Did characters in Shakespeare plays performed in Elizabethan England stop the drama to talk about how they loved Ye Old Ale?

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How accurate is the North Korean position that Kim Il-Sung's father was an important figure in the Korean independence movement?

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Were the Valachi hearings in 1963, in which Joseph Valachi broke the code of silence and told the world about the operations of the Mafia, providing genuinely new information, or confirming what authorities had already suspected?

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How was ice cream made, transported, and stored prior to electric refrigeration? Did the majority of the world just not have access to it?

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How did the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, work in the medieval era? Would the average Muslim have had a better knowledge of geography than the average non-Muslim because of the necessity of knowing how to get to there?	4
What was the development of package tracking like for the US Postal Service?	4
How responsible for/aware of Japanese war crimes was Hirohito?	4
When did scarecrows become associated with horror?	4
How did (arguably predatory) "buy here, pay here" car dealerships develop? It seems like a pretty big jump for car dealers to get into the financial services industry.	4
I learned today of Harold Hering, a Major in the United States airforce missile crewman who was discharged in 1973 "for asking" whether the orders to launch a missile came from a sane president. Was Hering actually fired JUST for asking the question, or is this an oversimplification?	4
Was product placement in media a thing prior to film? Did characters in Shakespeare plays performed in Elizabethan England stop the drama to talk about how they loved Ye Old Ale?	4
How accurate is the North Korean position that Kim Il-Sung's father was an important figure in the Korean independence movement?	4
Were the Valachi hearings in 1963, in which Joseph Valachi broke the code of silence and told the world about the operations of the Mafia, providing genuinely new information, or confirming what authorities had already suspected?	4
How was ice cream made, transported, and stored prior to electric refrigeration? Did the majority of the world just not have access to it?	4