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We know that the CIA kept a manual on assassinations; has it ever been revealed who some of the people were that the CIA assassinated?
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Given the laws of primogeniture in the UK, where the eldest son in a family inherited all property, how exactly did younger sons and daughters of aristocratic families support themselves when a parent died?
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Why did so many people in the 18th and 19th Centuries have such similar (and such beautiful) handwriting? Was there a common method of teaching cursive?
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I'm a higher-up in the Communist Party and a member of Stalin's inner circle post-WW2. What is my lifestyle like compared to the average Soviet citizen?
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Arthur Conan Doyle famously made 221B Baker Street Sherlock Holmes's London address. What was Baker Street in London like at the end of the 19th Century?
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How did people in pre-modern societies respond when dinosaur bones were found? What did they think they were?
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Did the Vikings think of what they were doing (i.e., raiding, destroying, and pillaging in countries like England and Ireland) as virtuous? How did they rationalize to themselves and their countrymen what amounted to piracy?
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When did communities start being patrolled by a police force? What was the original function of police?
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