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In his novel "The Secret Agent", Joseph Conrad describes Italian restaurants as a "peculiarly British institution." Are these the same Italian restaurants we're familiar with today, and if so when and why did they stop being associated with the United Kingdom?

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In "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne, the Bank of England is portrayed as having virtually no security. Was this actually the case at the time the book was written?

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In "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne, the Bank of England is portrayed as having virtually no security. Was this actually the case in 1872 when the book was written?

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In "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne, the Bank of England is portrayed as having virtually no security. Was this actually the case at the time the book was written?

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I am a middle-class woman in Britain circa 1860. What does my daily routine consist of?

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Following World War I, why was the French Senate so resistant to the idea of women's suffrage?

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How Historically Accurate is The Great War YouTube Series?

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In his novel "The Secret Agent", Joseph Conrad describes Italian restaurants as a "peculiarly British institution." Are these the same Italian restaurants we're familiar with today, and if so when and why did they stop being associated with the United Kingdom?	234
In "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne, the Bank of England is portrayed as having virtually no security. Was this actually the case at the time the book was written?	157
In "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne, the Bank of England is portrayed as having virtually no security. Was this actually the case in 1872 when the book was written?	80
In "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne, the Bank of England is portrayed as having virtually no security. Was this actually the case at the time the book was written?	57
I am a middle-class woman in Britain circa 1860. What does my daily routine consist of?	56
Following World War I, why was the French Senate so resistant to the idea of women's suffrage?	6
How Historically Accurate is The Great War YouTube Series?	1