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Are we actually eating more salt than ever, or is this a myth? Considering that before refrigeration, most food was heavily salted or cured.

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What was so special about the Paris commune uprising that it seems to hold the imagination of communists greater than that of say the French revolution?

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In the average year of an average front line soldier of WW2, how many days/weeks are actually spent in combat?

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When does Russian/Eastern European historiography (including popular historiography) say the Slavs began to migrate into the Balkan region? Late 6th century or pre-6th century?

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How much crossover is there between Turkish baths and Roman/Byzantine baths?

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How much is the late Roman catastrophist/continuist historiography conflict based upon the respective differences in transition between Britain and France, and the potential biases of their respective national historians?

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Why and when did opium stop being a big deal in China?

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Did the Nazi SS have authority to summarily execute anyone, or did they still need to get proper permission/file paperwork?

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How much did early imperial Roman long-distance trade feed through Rome? Could Mediterranean exchange regularly bypass Rome to access other regional markets directly?

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[META] What do people mean, when they ask "What was the past REALLY (ACTUALLY) like?"

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Are we actually eating more salt than ever, or is this a myth? Considering that before refrigeration, most food was heavily salted or cured.	31
What was so special about the Paris commune uprising that it seems to hold the imagination of communists greater than that of say the French revolution?	31
In the average year of an average front line soldier of WW2, how many days/weeks are actually spent in combat?	29
When does Russian/Eastern European historiography (including popular historiography) say the Slavs began to migrate into the Balkan region? Late 6th century or pre-6th century?	28
How much crossover is there between Turkish baths and Roman/Byzantine baths?	25
How much is the late Roman catastrophist/continuist historiography conflict based upon the respective differences in transition between Britain and France, and the potential biases of their respective national historians?	22
Why and when did opium stop being a big deal in China?	21
Did the Nazi SS have authority to summarily execute anyone, or did they still need to get proper permission/file paperwork?	19
How much did early imperial Roman long-distance trade feed through Rome? Could Mediterranean exchange regularly bypass Rome to access other regional markets directly?	18
[META] What do people mean, when they ask "What was the past REALLY (ACTUALLY) like?"	18