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Is this an actual Soviet-era Militsiya sketch of common nationalities/ethnicities?

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Were there any noticeable instances of same-sex relations among clergy (especially monastics) in the late Middle Ages? NSFW

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Why were the US so obsessed with killing Fidel Castro?

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I live in a low rise condo unit in Boston that was built in 1898. Who would have likely lived in this building when it was first built?

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Did any Dutch Golden Age painters (c. seventeenth century) ever paint peasants, their homes, and their things, or were rich people the only ones who were painted? I've always wondered what the peasants looked like and what the insides of their homes look like.

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What was Christianity like prior to the Council of Nicea?

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Did “awkward puberty” exist historically? Or is it just recent phenomenon?

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The mid-1980s movie "Splash" is credited with popularizing the name Madison for girls. Did the mid-1980s apparition of Halley's Comet have a similar effect for that name (and its variant spellings?)

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When did people start working out for health and aesthetic reasons?

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Was it common to capitalize nouns?

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Is this an actual Soviet-era Militsiya sketch of common nationalities/ethnicities?	4
Were there any noticeable instances of same-sex relations among clergy (especially monastics) in the late Middle Ages? NSFW	4
Why were the US so obsessed with killing Fidel Castro?	4
I live in a low rise condo unit in Boston that was built in 1898. Who would have likely lived in this building when it was first built?	4
Did any Dutch Golden Age painters (c. seventeenth century) ever paint peasants, their homes, and their things, or were rich people the only ones who were painted? I've always wondered what the peasants looked like and what the insides of their homes look like.	4
What was Christianity like prior to the Council of Nicea?	4
Did “awkward puberty” exist historically? Or is it just recent phenomenon?	4
The mid-1980s movie "Splash" is credited with popularizing the name Madison for girls. Did the mid-1980s apparition of Halley's Comet have a similar effect for that name (and its variant spellings?)	4
When did people start working out for health and aesthetic reasons?	4
Was it common to capitalize nouns?	4