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Alfred Hitchcock lived until 1980, late enough to have seen films such as Star Wars and Alien. Is there any record of whether he saw either of them or what he thought of them?

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Would the works of Chaucer have been available to Shakespeare?

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I once read that what we call the Renaissance only involved about one thousand people. Is this true at all?

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What is the song "All The Young Dudes" by David Bowie about? What is a dude? What is the news?

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In which language family is the Funnel Beaker Culture's language?

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Alfred Hitchcock lived until 1980, late enough to have seen films such as Star Wars and Alien. Is there any record of whether he saw either of them or what he thought of them?	4008
Would the works of Chaucer have been available to Shakespeare?	52
I once read that what we call the Renaissance only involved about one thousand people. Is this true at all?	9
What is the song "All The Young Dudes" by David Bowie about? What is a dude? What is the news?	8
In which language family is the Funnel Beaker Culture's language?	2