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What does pre-modern grief look like? How did it change from times when mortality rates were much higher? Did the Black Death change how grief was expressed?
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How did Northern Ireland successfully reform their police force from the more violent and oppressive RUC of the Troubles to the modern PSNI?
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How did Disraeli become the first Jewish prime minister of the UK in an age of widespread antisemitism, and was that very controversial? (both abroad and at home)
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Every time we think of the phrase "Mongolian history" we always associate it with Genghis Khan and his empire. What about other notable aspects of Mongolian history?
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Have any other fashion choices/hairstyles/et cetera been ruined in the same manner as the "Hitler mustache," either before or after?
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In the Game of Thrones TV series (and book) bastards from different regions all share a common surname to identify them, Snow or Flowers for example. Does this system have any evidence in history or was it invented by the author?
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