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Before the light bulb (and after, but before high-powered bulbs), did trains travel only by day? If they traveled at night, what are the details of what happened if an animal or debris was on the tracks?

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When did health insurance become a standard in America, and how much did most treatments and procedures cost before then?

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What is the history of a scent being added to natural gas, and who is the person who came up with the idea or first implemented it?

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Was there ever a game of chance (like poker) where the historically agreed-upon odds ended up being proven mathematically incorrect once math developed further?

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Access to entertainment (paid or otherwise) at any point in history versus today compared to average income.

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According to the Geneva Conventions, what is the term for and laws for an unidentifiable soldier/police/combatant who operates with lethal force outside of established law within a non-warzone? Even if authorized by its own federal government?

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Before the light bulb (and after, but before high-powered bulbs), did trains travel only by day? If they traveled at night, what are the details of what happened if an animal or debris was on the tracks?	66
When did health insurance become a standard in America, and how much did most treatments and procedures cost before then?	2
What is the history of a scent being added to natural gas, and who is the person who came up with the idea or first implemented it?	2
Was there ever a game of chance (like poker) where the historically agreed-upon odds ended up being proven mathematically incorrect once math developed further?	1
Access to entertainment (paid or otherwise) at any point in history versus today compared to average income.	1
According to the Geneva Conventions, what is the term for and laws for an unidentifiable soldier/police/combatant who operates with lethal force outside of established law within a non-warzone? Even if authorized by its own federal government?	0