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If the Rosetta Stone was never found, have we discovered anything since that would have enabled us to decipher Ancient Egyptian?

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Can anyone provide some historical context to the references in this 1870 satirical map of Europe?

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The soundtrack from the Fallout games feature several songs from the '50s that incorporate themes of radiation and atomic bombs with an almost surreal degree of levity. What was the context behind that mentality, and how has the perception of nuclear energy evolved since its inception?

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How foreign would the Scots have seemed to the audience at Globe Theatre watching the first run of Macbeth?

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How common was it for pre-industrial people to preserve their written correspondence? And how did people take care of letters accumulating over a lifetime?

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How foreign would the Scots have seemed to the audience at Globe Theater watching the first run of Macbeth?

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If I were a sailor or merchant during the Age of Discovery, is there a rule for how long my wife can remmary after she loses contact with me?

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What was the comedy scene like during World War II?

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In the analog media era, what path would an album typically follow from being physically distributed to becoming a 'national hit'? Did a hit record tend to break out in one city first and spread from there geographically? Or was it more top-down and diffuse?

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Does the concept of a "sports bar" predate the proliferation of televisions? What would they be like if so?

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If the Rosetta Stone was never found, have we discovered anything since that would have enabled us to decipher Ancient Egyptian?	3087
Can anyone provide some historical context to the references in this 1870 satirical map of Europe?	426
The soundtrack from the Fallout games feature several songs from the '50s that incorporate themes of radiation and atomic bombs with an almost surreal degree of levity. What was the context behind that mentality, and how has the perception of nuclear energy evolved since its inception?	380
How foreign would the Scots have seemed to the audience at Globe Theatre watching the first run of Macbeth?	46
How common was it for pre-industrial people to preserve their written correspondence? And how did people take care of letters accumulating over a lifetime?	43
How foreign would the Scots have seemed to the audience at Globe Theater watching the first run of Macbeth?	40
If I were a sailor or merchant during the Age of Discovery, is there a rule for how long my wife can remmary after she loses contact with me?	36
What was the comedy scene like during World War II?	17
In the analog media era, what path would an album typically follow from being physically distributed to becoming a 'national hit'? Did a hit record tend to break out in one city first and spread from there geographically? Or was it more top-down and diffuse?	11
Does the concept of a "sports bar" predate the proliferation of televisions? What would they be like if so?	10