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We're spitoons (sp?) actually commonplace in the Old West? Why was everyone spitting so much?

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If you try to watch TV past between 2 and 5 AM, the shows are replaced with 30 minute advertisements. Was this normal during the early days of television?

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What is the earliest known instance of a kidnapper using letters cut out from a magazine/newspaper to create a ransom note?

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When did the practice of families taking group pictures with their dead children end, and how widespread was this?

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What exactly is the Dickens that I hurt like?

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When did people start thinking of Europe as a continent, and what made them include/not include certain countries/areas?

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What's the earliest known text we have about hiccups? We're they as despised as I feel about them now?

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Was Chicago really the bullet ridden hellscape so often protrayed in movies about Prohibition? (E.g. Scarface (1932))

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How often and when exactly were pigs getting stuck on things and bleeding all over that the phrase "stuck like a pig" entered into common use?

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"Am I being detained?!" What do we know about this? Did the phrase rise due to video or did we frequently hear "Ego detinere?!" when a drunk was pulled over on his chariot?

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We're spitoons (sp?) actually commonplace in the Old West? Why was everyone spitting so much?	2
If you try to watch TV past between 2 and 5 AM, the shows are replaced with 30 minute advertisements. Was this normal during the early days of television?	1
What is the earliest known instance of a kidnapper using letters cut out from a magazine/newspaper to create a ransom note?	1
When did the practice of families taking group pictures with their dead children end, and how widespread was this?	1
What exactly is the Dickens that I hurt like?	1
When did people start thinking of Europe as a continent, and what made them include/not include certain countries/areas?	1
What's the earliest known text we have about hiccups? We're they as despised as I feel about them now?	1
Was Chicago really the bullet ridden hellscape so often protrayed in movies about Prohibition? (E.g. Scarface (1932))	1
How often and when exactly were pigs getting stuck on things and bleeding all over that the phrase "stuck like a pig" entered into common use?	1
"Am I being detained?!" What do we know about this? Did the phrase rise due to video or did we frequently hear "Ego detinere?!" when a drunk was pulled over on his chariot?	0