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A modern battleship (ca. 2000 CE) would mop the floor with the USS Constitution, built ~200 years earlier. To what extent would the USS Constitution outmatch a ship built ~200 years before its time?

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Did the stereotype of German being a "harsh" or "aggressive" language exist before WW1/WW2?

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It's April 18, 1923, and I'm a spectator for the NY Yankees' first game in Yankee Stadium. What is the crowd around me like? What sort of people attend major-league baseball games in 1923?

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A modern battleship (ca. 2000 CE) would mop the floor with the USS Constitution, built ~200 years earlier. To what extent would the USS Constitution outmatch a ship built ~200 years before its time?	2094
Did the stereotype of German being a "harsh" or "aggressive" language exist before WW1/WW2?	724
It's April 18, 1923, and I'm a spectator for the NY Yankees' first game in Yankee Stadium. What is the crowd around me like? What sort of people attend major-league baseball games in 1923?	137