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How did the sex offender registry start? Are there any historical precedents to it?	8
Where there any examples of weapons (throughout history before the 1800s) that were equivalent to our "nuclear" weapons of today, where people had them but thought it was just too destructive, or using it in war would just cause too much damage and thus avoided it?	7
Did it cost any money to attend a jousting tournament as a spectator? If so, how much was it? Who were allowed to spectate tournaments and what was the experience like? Were there vendors or "food carts" or anything like that?	7
What was lost in the Holocaust in terms of human capital? Was there a shortage of certain craftsmen, professors, etc.?	7
What are the earliest examples of vulgar words that we know about?	6
During the Cold War America adopted the strategy of MAD... Mutually Assured Destruction. Did the Soviet Union have a similar policy, and did their policy also have a similar pun associated with its name like MAD is in English?	6
What was the impact of the invention of sliced bread?	6
What were the first movies that started this "Blue and orange" trend that we see basically every popular movie follow in the cinematography? What movies first discovered this "blue and orange" aesthetic that has dominated the film industry for decades?	6
According Historia Civilis, after Caesar marched on Rome he plundered Rome's treasury to settle IOU's with the legions in Gaul for back pay. How would this money have been sent? How would Caesar have known the money arrived properly to the right people with none of it skimmed or stolen?	6
How common where highwaymen in medieval Europe? What sort of things did travelers do to protect themselves from them? Where there any sort of tricks the highwaymen used to steal from others?	6

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