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Countries like Japan, France and Germany have a distinctive rap/hip hop subculture. How did a genre originating in USA's black communities take root in other countries?

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A lot of early modern literature, like the Three Musketeers, and War and Peace, were released serially. Did these works have 'fandoms' similar to most modern serialized works like TV shows?

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During the World Wars, did the female nurses face the risk of sexual violence from soldier of their own countries?

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What kind of illegal drugs were available in the Soviet Union to the average citizen?

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Did well-digging technology improve or change in some way in the pre-modern period? Would a water well dug in 0BC, 1000 AD and 1500AD differ in anyway?

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During its bankruptcy, a lot of Enron's internal communication was made public. Were historians and sociologists able to extract any useful information from them?

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How would have Tycho Brahe managed his glorious mustache?

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First French Republic was not the first or only republic in the Europe at the time, nor was Louis XVI the first monarch to be executed. Why did the French Revolution cause such a high level of reaction from the other European countries?

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Were there differences in the quality of metalworking between the Roman Empire and medieval Europe?

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Was the Gallipoli campaign ever used against Churchill during his political career?

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Countries like Japan, France and Germany have a distinctive rap/hip hop subculture. How did a genre originating in USA's black communities take root in other countries?	337
A lot of early modern literature, like the Three Musketeers, and War and Peace, were released serially. Did these works have 'fandoms' similar to most modern serialized works like TV shows?	264
During the World Wars, did the female nurses face the risk of sexual violence from soldier of their own countries?	244
What kind of illegal drugs were available in the Soviet Union to the average citizen?	243
Did well-digging technology improve or change in some way in the pre-modern period? Would a water well dug in 0BC, 1000 AD and 1500AD differ in anyway?	229
During its bankruptcy, a lot of Enron's internal communication was made public. Were historians and sociologists able to extract any useful information from them?	229
How would have Tycho Brahe managed his glorious mustache?	211
First French Republic was not the first or only republic in the Europe at the time, nor was Louis XVI the first monarch to be executed. Why did the French Revolution cause such a high level of reaction from the other European countries?	202
Were there differences in the quality of metalworking between the Roman Empire and medieval Europe?	192
Was the Gallipoli campaign ever used against Churchill during his political career?	187