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Why was Northern Ireland opposed to Home Rule?

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We know quite a bit about public entertainment in ancient Rome- gladiator fights, chariot races, etc. But what about other metropolises? If I live in Tang-era Chang'an, what sort of public entertainment is available to me? Ming-era Beijing? Abbasid-era Baghdad? Pre-Columbus Tenochtitlán?

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When and how did spaghetti become a (white) family dinner standard in the United States?

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Asking again, since I didn't get an answer: well-rounded, balanced diets are a recent convention, stemming largely from the development of refrigeration. Before this, did people just bounce back and forth between diarrhea and constipation?

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Did Darwin believe in Social Darwinism?

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Why was Northern Ireland opposed to Home Rule?	1
We know quite a bit about public entertainment in ancient Rome- gladiator fights, chariot races, etc. But what about other metropolises? If I live in Tang-era Chang'an, what sort of public entertainment is available to me? Ming-era Beijing? Abbasid-era Baghdad? Pre-Columbus Tenochtitlán?	1
When and how did spaghetti become a (white) family dinner standard in the United States?	0
Asking again, since I didn't get an answer: well-rounded, balanced diets are a recent convention, stemming largely from the development of refrigeration. Before this, did people just bounce back and forth between diarrhea and constipation?	0
Did Darwin believe in Social Darwinism?	0