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I recently learned that Ben Franklin played chess with the Mechanical Turk. Was he suspicious that it was an illusion? Did he not figure it out? Or was it only Edgar Allan Poe?

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Has anyone done a values/wealth based genealogical study?

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Did kids bullying kids in the 1800s? If so what form did it take?

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Podcast on lost/missing historical items or reputable unsolved historical mysteries?

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I recently learned that Ben Franklin played chess with the Mechanical Turk. Was he suspicious that it was an illusion? Did he not figure it out? Or was it only Edgar Allan Poe?	3
Has anyone done a values/wealth based genealogical study?	2
Did kids bullying kids in the 1800s? If so what form did it take?	2
Podcast on lost/missing historical items or reputable unsolved historical mysteries?	1