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What made the heavy fabric produced in Duffel so superior, it was worth trading internationally for and it became the namesake of a ubiquitous form of luggage? Why couldn't fabric makers elsewhere replicate the quality?
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What made the heavy fabrics produced in Duffel so superior, it was worth trading internationally for? Why couldn't fabric makers elsewhere replicate the quality?
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In "The Right Stuff," Wolfe (if I remember where I read this correctly) claims that the stereotypical pilot/ATC voice originated from other pilots mimicking West Virginian Chuck Yeager's distinctive voice. Is this correct?
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In a Chappelle's Show sketch, American "troubled teens" are sent to a "boot camp" run by Nelson Mandela. What were the uMkhonto we Sizwe's reputations for discipline and brutality? Did Mandela have a role in combat training? Were Mandela's views on recreational marijuana use known?
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What made the heavy fabric produced in Duffel so superior, it was worth trading internationally for? Why couldn't fabric makers elsewhere replicate the quality?
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Why did the tobacco industry become so involved in motorsport? The first non-automotive sponsored livery (at least in Formula One) was the 1968 Gold Leaf Lotus and tobacco companies have practically (or even by name, as in the case of British American Racing) owned and run teams.
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How representative were practices at Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals (immortalized by the infamous and beloved satire "The House of God") of medical care elsewhere in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s?
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Ableness and Disability: How were minor physical impairments regarded in Nazi Germany/Nazi ideology? It's very interesting that Felix Wankel was too near-sighted to get a driver's license, yet was Obersturmbannführer in the SS and commandant of the Hitler Youth.
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