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What, if any, information do we have about what happened to Soviet spies living undercover in the U.S.A after the dissolution of the USSR in 1991?	1668
As it wasn't considered unusual or even adulterous for Romans to have casual sex with their slaves, how common was it for children to result from those relationships? What was their role/status in society?	510
"Treasure maps," are a staple of fiction far beyond just Robert Louis Stevenson, but was there ever a particularly large amount of these maps in existence and are there are real life examples of them, particularly in the golden age of piracy?	142
Before photography was widespread, let alone commonplace among average people, how was personal identity verified in an official capacity such as banking or inheritance?	13
What was the method employed for keeping food that would spoil, specifically dairy such as milk, cool in ancient cultures?	5
Why and when did the USA decide upon using month/day/year as the order of their calendar dates?	4
Was there significant push back or resistance to Nazi Germany's hosting of the 1936 Olympics? Considering their openly hostile attitude and policies towards other races, was there significant boycotting or protesting by athletes or in other countries?	4
What did ancient and medieval civilisations used to do for children's clothes/diapers?	3
Was there any concept in the Ancient Greek city states of there being specific years, starting from one year in particular? If so, was there consensus between the individual city states as to when they counted the years from?	2
How did people tell what time of day it was on cloudy days or at night in antiquity?	1

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