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Genoese colony in Crimea

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In Boardwalk Empire, characters Jimmy Darmody and Richard Harrow, both veterans of WWI, meet each other while in the waiting room for some kind of psychological testing or care. Was there an organized effort to provide psychiatric care to American veterans of WWI? How did it work?

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The introduction to the movie "Tombstone" describes the Cowboys gang as "the first organized crime in America." Surely this can't be right?

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Was the original Sherlock Holmes as rude for his time as his modern portrayals are?

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Female-female sexuality in early modern Japan.

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A "department store" served as the headquarters of General von paulus during the Battle of Stalingrad. What was the retail economy of the Soviet Union like before the war? Would western travelers in Soviet cities have recognized such things as department stores and found them familiar and similar?

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How have Jewish soldiers or navy sailors navigated their dietary rules, when their diet was not up to them?

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In the losing nations of WWI, how were returning soldiers treated by civilians?

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Why would somebody try to avoid ennoblement?

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Andrew Roberts says that the Tsars of Russia levied a "Man Tax" on serfs in Napoleon's time. What did this look like and how did it work?

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Genoese colony in Crimea	41
In Boardwalk Empire, characters Jimmy Darmody and Richard Harrow, both veterans of WWI, meet each other while in the waiting room for some kind of psychological testing or care. Was there an organized effort to provide psychiatric care to American veterans of WWI? How did it work?	38
The introduction to the movie "Tombstone" describes the Cowboys gang as "the first organized crime in America." Surely this can't be right?	27
Was the original Sherlock Holmes as rude for his time as his modern portrayals are?	26
Female-female sexuality in early modern Japan.	26
A "department store" served as the headquarters of General von paulus during the Battle of Stalingrad. What was the retail economy of the Soviet Union like before the war? Would western travelers in Soviet cities have recognized such things as department stores and found them familiar and similar?	25
How have Jewish soldiers or navy sailors navigated their dietary rules, when their diet was not up to them?	24
In the losing nations of WWI, how were returning soldiers treated by civilians?	22
Why would somebody try to avoid ennoblement?	19
Andrew Roberts says that the Tsars of Russia levied a "Man Tax" on serfs in Napoleon's time. What did this look like and how did it work?	18