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In the 20th/21st century you can see multiple distinct cultural movements/esthetics ('50s, '60s, '70s, etc), but for, say, the 1500s, it all seems the same. Do we not know enough about the individual movements within these other time periods, or is popular culture actually changing faster now?

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How did people stand to wear so much clothing in the summer in the 19th century and early 20th.

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Is it true that the Aztecs killed babies who were born on five unlucky days of the calendar?

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I read somewhere that Tibet and China have been antagonists for bascially... forever and that the current "occupation" by China is basically the latest chapter in that history of the two countries. What are the bullet points of mutual invasion and conquest?

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How aware were the German and Japanese civilians of the fact that their countries were losing the war?

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Did Alexander the Great receive routine reinforcements from Greece? Did he have strong supply lines that stretched all the way back to Greece?

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How common was casual sex throughout history?

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When is the earliest record of the door as we know it (solid with hinges on the side)? What did people use before its invention?

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When Republican Roman armies sold captured enemies into slavery, what exactly did they do? Did they sell them directly to citizens, or to some sort of slave company? How big of a source of income was this for the state?

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How many FBI/CIA agents were killed by the KGB during the cold war?

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In the 20th/21st century you can see multiple distinct cultural movements/esthetics ('50s, '60s, '70s, etc), but for, say, the 1500s, it all seems the same. Do we not know enough about the individual movements within these other time periods, or is popular culture actually changing faster now?	832
How did people stand to wear so much clothing in the summer in the 19th century and early 20th.	830
Is it true that the Aztecs killed babies who were born on five unlucky days of the calendar?	826
I read somewhere that Tibet and China have been antagonists for bascially... forever and that the current "occupation" by China is basically the latest chapter in that history of the two countries. What are the bullet points of mutual invasion and conquest?	813
How aware were the German and Japanese civilians of the fact that their countries were losing the war?	811
Did Alexander the Great receive routine reinforcements from Greece? Did he have strong supply lines that stretched all the way back to Greece?	808
How common was casual sex throughout history?	806
When is the earliest record of the door as we know it (solid with hinges on the side)? What did people use before its invention?	804
When Republican Roman armies sold captured enemies into slavery, what exactly did they do? Did they sell them directly to citizens, or to some sort of slave company? How big of a source of income was this for the state?	798
How many FBI/CIA agents were killed by the KGB during the cold war?	797