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Were the violent events that occurred in the movie Casino (1995) common occurrence in casinos in the 1970s (the vise scene, alive burial, hand-breaking, etc.)? Were the heads of Casinos actually that brutal and unforgiving to cheaters?	237
In the film Taken, the European network of sex traffickers is shown to be rather large and widespread. What are the origins of sex trafficking in Europe, and how did it become so popular and expansive among many nations?	3
In The Mummy, the mummification process is depicted as a punishment. Was mummification a process that, in addition as a means of post-death handling, was used as a method of capital punishment as displayed in the film? Was mummification process actually as intricate and well-revered as displayed?	2
I am a skilled worker living in the Roman Empire In the hay day of its reign. I am very well versed in blacksmithing. How could I get the higher ups of the Empire to take notice of my work, and craft things such as creating torture devices, or creating items for the emperor himself?	2
In The Mummy, the mummification process is depicted as a punishment. Was mummification a process that, in addition as a means of post-death handling, was used as a method of capital punishment as displayed in the film? Was mummification process actually as intricate and well-revered as displayed?	2
Ghengis Kahn and Attila the Hun are notorious figured in the eyes of history, due to their and their armies brutality and savagery. To what extent did their brutality truly reach? By all accounts are they the most savage, unforgiving, pillaging mob in all of recorded history?	1
At what point in human history did humans realize that sexual intercourse could also be used for pleasure, and not just reproduction? Was sex for pleasure common after this discovery (excluding a good deal of modern times of course)? NSFW	0

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