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The Niland brothers, which inspired the movie Saving Private Ryan, were 4 brothers fighting in WWII but one was sent home after the other 3 were presumed dead. Where does this practice of sending a last remaining sibling home from from come from?	49
When the movie 'This is Spinal Tap' premiered in 1984, did moviegoers believe they were seeing a real Rock Documentary about a real band?	38
I'm a Medieval European peasant my wife and I just had our first baby. Do we baby proof the house? How? Is the town or village I live in structured in anyway to prevent children from getting hurt?	35
What was life like in the US concentration camps during WWII? Were the Japanese Americans treated well and fed regularly?	29
Did women in ancient times ever survive c-sections, Or were they basically guaranteed to die?	28
Marijuana wasn't always illegal in the U.S., citizens smoked it legally for a long time. Was there ever marijuana dispensaries in the U.S. prior to the prohibition of marijuana?	27
According to Wikipedia, the earliest records we have of gay bars date all the way back to the 1600's. What were these establishments like? Are there any writings describing what visiting them was like?	27
Do historians think Peter III of Russia suffered from some sort of mental illness? Everything I have read about him describes him as very immature, childish, and mentally weak or feeble.	26
When did Haunted Housed for entertainment begin to appear? The kind with actors trying to scare you.	26
I've read that Europeans first encountered hammocks in the Americas where they describe seeing Natives sleeping in them. But hammocks are common easy was to sleep on ships, did Europeans not use hammocks on ships before the 1500s?	24

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