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The name "Margaret" has widely accepted short forms as varied as "Madge," "Midge," "Maggie," "Meg" and somehow "Peggy". How did something like this come to happen?

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In Medieval Europe, whose job was it to actually devise the methods by which people would be tortured? Were people trained in torture engineering and innovation?

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The French sent troops and supplies to help the rebels in the American Revolution; was this favor returned by the Americans during the French Revolution?

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What is this community's opinion of the TV series "Drunk History"?

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I read today that infantry units in the American Civil War chose their officers (captains, lieutenants and such) through popular election. How did this work?

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There were serious and even deadly controversies over translating the Bible into the vernacular. Was this ever the case with other holy texts?

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When European explorers first began pushing inland in North America, what was their reaction to the discovery of the Great Lakes? Did any of them think they had reached an ocean marking the end of the continent?

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Just how hard would it have actually been to get over/around/through Hadrian's Wall?

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Did the Confederate States of America exist long enough to develop their own Supreme Court? If so, did it hear any cases?

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Apart from the "Big Bertha" gun, did any side in WW1 attempt to create any "super weapons" like those seen in WW2?

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The name "Margaret" has widely accepted short forms as varied as "Madge," "Midge," "Maggie," "Meg" and somehow "Peggy". How did something like this come to happen?	22
In Medieval Europe, whose job was it to actually devise the methods by which people would be tortured? Were people trained in torture engineering and innovation?	21
The French sent troops and supplies to help the rebels in the American Revolution; was this favor returned by the Americans during the French Revolution?	18
What is this community's opinion of the TV series "Drunk History"?	17
I read today that infantry units in the American Civil War chose their officers (captains, lieutenants and such) through popular election. How did this work?	16
There were serious and even deadly controversies over translating the Bible into the vernacular. Was this ever the case with other holy texts?	16
When European explorers first began pushing inland in North America, what was their reaction to the discovery of the Great Lakes? Did any of them think they had reached an ocean marking the end of the continent?	16
Just how hard would it have actually been to get over/around/through Hadrian's Wall?	15
Did the Confederate States of America exist long enough to develop their own Supreme Court? If so, did it hear any cases?	15
Apart from the "Big Bertha" gun, did any side in WW1 attempt to create any "super weapons" like those seen in WW2?	14