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What were the outrageous social and fashion trends in classical Greece?

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Before the wide spread of coffee and tea, what were other popular stimulants or pick me ups in European culture?

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How did german tank armies manage to traverse through the ardennes forest during Fall Gelb? Something that was deemed impossible by the allies.

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I'm Hungarian. What ideas, stereotypes about Ottoman Empire / Turkish people I have are probably wrong?

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Did American troops have to dig many trenches in WWI, or had most already been dug by then?

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What were standards of modesty like among the old norse people?

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What did a large-scale bureaucratic or administrative "office" look like in East Asia before the widespread adoption of raised chairs and desks? How would the rooms be laid out, with what sort of furniture? How would people be arranged? What would daily activities have looked like?

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Did Nazi Germany Have Comic Books? And If So What Kinds of Characters Did They Feature?

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If the first photos of the Pillars of Creation were taken in 1995 by the Hubble telescope, then how does a picture of it exist in this 1960s film?

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What were the outrageous social and fashion trends in classical Greece?	109
Before the wide spread of coffee and tea, what were other popular stimulants or pick me ups in European culture?	109
How did german tank armies manage to traverse through the ardennes forest during Fall Gelb? Something that was deemed impossible by the allies.	109
I'm Hungarian. What ideas, stereotypes about Ottoman Empire / Turkish people I have are probably wrong?	109
Did American troops have to dig many trenches in WWI, or had most already been dug by then?	109
What were standards of modesty like among the old norse people?	108
What did a large-scale bureaucratic or administrative "office" look like in East Asia before the widespread adoption of raised chairs and desks? How would the rooms be laid out, with what sort of furniture? How would people be arranged? What would daily activities have looked like?	108
Did Nazi Germany Have Comic Books? And If So What Kinds of Characters Did They Feature?	108
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If the first photos of the Pillars of Creation were taken in 1995 by the Hubble telescope, then how does a picture of it exist in this 1960s film?	108