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At what age did medieval scholars (or other literate people in mostly illiterate societies) learn to read?
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Why is the 1973 coup against Allende so much better known than many other examples of left-wing Latin American governments overthrown by American-backed military coups? Was the Chilean case especially brutal? Or were its survivors better publicists in some way?
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Why are the apostles Jude and Judas given different names in English despite having the same name in Greek?
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When parts of France were controlled by England during the Hundred Years War, did people think of it as "part of England"?
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