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Given that pickaxes are older than eyeglasses and a lot older than plastic, did historical miners have eye protection?

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Were there any contemporary responses to A Christmas Carol from mill owners, bankers, and other types the story is arguably talking about?

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How did we land on such a specific design for a tool to crack nuts with: a little soldier with a tall hat, a mustache, and a beard?

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[META] Am I just imagining things, or have the most popular questions for the last month or so had fewer upvotes than is typical?

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Has radiation ever been used as a form of torture?

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How often would the average Medieval peasant have contemplated a million of anything?

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Would Hammurabic law have had lawyers?

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Did adolescent Holocaust survivors who missed their bar and bat mitzvahs get to have them after the war ended?

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Did people make plans for what they'd do after the black plague was over, the way we do with COVID? Were they even aware that it was a thing that would eventually end?

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What was the soldier screening process like for draftees in the American Civil War? If my goal was to avoid being drafted, could I claim anything to get out of it?

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Given that pickaxes are older than eyeglasses and a lot older than plastic, did historical miners have eye protection?	9
Were there any contemporary responses to A Christmas Carol from mill owners, bankers, and other types the story is arguably talking about?	9
How did we land on such a specific design for a tool to crack nuts with: a little soldier with a tall hat, a mustache, and a beard?	9
[META] Am I just imagining things, or have the most popular questions for the last month or so had fewer upvotes than is typical?	9
Has radiation ever been used as a form of torture?	9
How often would the average Medieval peasant have contemplated a million of anything?	9
Would Hammurabic law have had lawyers?	9
Did adolescent Holocaust survivors who missed their bar and bat mitzvahs get to have them after the war ended?	8
Did people make plans for what they'd do after the black plague was over, the way we do with COVID? Were they even aware that it was a thing that would eventually end?	8
What was the soldier screening process like for draftees in the American Civil War? If my goal was to avoid being drafted, could I claim anything to get out of it?	8