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Did people really line up for blocks to get the new installments of The Hound of the Baskervilles when.it came out?

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What happened to older servants in the 19th century? Did they just get thrown out or did they get pensions?

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Did the US founding fathers have to deploy a sort of secret service to protect them self during the US Revolutionary War?

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Did London really have yellow fog in the 19th century?

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Why did Bulgaria have a Tsar as a leader instead of a King?

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How devastating was the Great Depression of the 1870s for the western world as we rarely hear about it?

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How did the lottery run in England that the Virginia Company used to fund their colony in the early 17th century?

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How did the 19th century literature promotion system work?

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Limited to USA's colonial time period would it be accurate to describe King Phillip's War as the first major example of "Total War" that the USA (or what would become it) participated?

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Were their bad feelings in the USA about the Olympics being held in former Axis countries in 1960 and 1964 or did the Cold War kill feelings about it?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did people really line up for blocks to get the new installments of The Hound of the Baskervilles when.it came out?	29
What happened to older servants in the 19th century? Did they just get thrown out or did they get pensions?	28
Did the US founding fathers have to deploy a sort of secret service to protect them self during the US Revolutionary War?	24
Did London really have yellow fog in the 19th century?	23
Why did Bulgaria have a Tsar as a leader instead of a King?	23
How devastating was the Great Depression of the 1870s for the western world as we rarely hear about it?	22
How did the lottery run in England that the Virginia Company used to fund their colony in the early 17th century?	17
How did the 19th century literature promotion system work?	14
Limited to USA's colonial time period would it be accurate to describe King Phillip's War as the first major example of "Total War" that the USA (or what would become it) participated?	10
Were their bad feelings in the USA about the Olympics being held in former Axis countries in 1960 and 1964 or did the Cold War kill feelings about it?	10