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How has perfume changed in the 19th to 20th century?

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How seriously were female pirates taken by other pirates and governments? What was the perception of common people to them?

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Why did the Doukhobors go to Canada, and what was their relationship like with the other communities in the country?

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What did the British plan to do if the captured New Orleans during the war of 1812?

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Native American counting coup is a popular western trope, but what was it actually like in practice? How has it been mythologized by pop culture and colonialism?

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Its a common D&D trope to be stopped by bandits while travelling between towns, even in heavily populated areas. How common were bandits in medieval Europe? What about medieval China?

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What did Austria do during the Napoleonic Wars?

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Did Tolkein really write the Lord of the Rings as a way to use the Elvish language he came up with, or was it two different projects coming together?

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What did people think about ‘living’ saints, or those famous holy people in Medieval Europe who were still alive? Like Catherine of Sienna or Saint Francis?

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What is the history behind historians trying to physically recreate processes or items, and experiment to find the historical methods used in their creation?

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How has perfume changed in the 19th to 20th century?	10
How seriously were female pirates taken by other pirates and governments? What was the perception of common people to them?	10
Why did the Doukhobors go to Canada, and what was their relationship like with the other communities in the country?	10
What did the British plan to do if the captured New Orleans during the war of 1812?	10
Native American counting coup is a popular western trope, but what was it actually like in practice? How has it been mythologized by pop culture and colonialism?	10
Its a common D&D trope to be stopped by bandits while travelling between towns, even in heavily populated areas. How common were bandits in medieval Europe? What about medieval China?	10
What did Austria do during the Napoleonic Wars?	9
Did Tolkein really write the Lord of the Rings as a way to use the Elvish language he came up with, or was it two different projects coming together?	9
What did people think about ‘living’ saints, or those famous holy people in Medieval Europe who were still alive? Like Catherine of Sienna or Saint Francis?	9
What is the history behind historians trying to physically recreate processes or items, and experiment to find the historical methods used in their creation?	9