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Common citizens in Elizabethan London are often referred to as peasants, but I can't imagine that there was much Lord's land to farm in an urban centre. What made them peasants?

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Did the British really pretend that carrots derived night vision were the source of their radar-derived intelligence?

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Is the trend of referring to decades as the "[x]ies" a modern thing?

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What is the history of time? How did the whole world come to agree on sixty seconds to a minute, sixty minutes to the hour, and twenty four hours to a day?

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Who or what was responsible for civil order before the police?

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How much power did Queen Victoria have compared to Queen Elizabeth II?

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Why do some Christians swear/curse "By Jove!"

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Common citizens in Elizabethan London are often referred to as peasants, but I can't imagine that there was much Lord's land to farm in an urban centre. What made them peasants?	75
Did the British really pretend that carrots derived night vision were the source of their radar-derived intelligence?	57
Is the trend of referring to decades as the "[x]ies" a modern thing?	46
What is the history of time? How did the whole world come to agree on sixty seconds to a minute, sixty minutes to the hour, and twenty four hours to a day?	38
Who or what was responsible for civil order before the police?	32
How much power did Queen Victoria have compared to Queen Elizabeth II?	29
Why do some Christians swear/curse "By Jove!"	2