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What actually happened to saint valentine?

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Was there ever a time in recent years that a single college student could afford to live on their own? Or someone working minimum wage full time?

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I have seen claims that Standard Oil and other American oil companies “fueled Nazi Germany’s war machine” and “sold significant amount of oil to the Nazis”. Is there any truth to this? Did these companies favor Germany or did they sell similar amounts to the USSR too?

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Was genocide (or something akin to it) common in Ancient Near Eastern warfare?

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How was policing conducted in the Middle Ages?

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What is the earliest evidence of sailors understanding ocean currents?

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What's the history behind tipping culture and when did it spread in U.S?

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Why did "Magus", originally a word for followers of Zoroastrianism, come to mean "magician" or sorcerer?

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Argentinian attitudes to indigenous population and European immigration

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What actually happened to saint valentine?	9
Was there ever a time in recent years that a single college student could afford to live on their own? Or someone working minimum wage full time?	9
I have seen claims that Standard Oil and other American oil companies “fueled Nazi Germany’s war machine” and “sold significant amount of oil to the Nazis”. Is there any truth to this? Did these companies favor Germany or did they sell similar amounts to the USSR too?	9
Was genocide (or something akin to it) common in Ancient Near Eastern warfare?	9
How was policing conducted in the Middle Ages?	9
[deleted by user]	9
What is the earliest evidence of sailors understanding ocean currents?	9
What's the history behind tipping culture and when did it spread in U.S?	9
Why did "Magus", originally a word for followers of Zoroastrianism, come to mean "magician" or sorcerer?	9
Argentinian attitudes to indigenous population and European immigration	9