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When I visited the HMS Belfast there were hammocks (with disturbing wax works in them) all over the ship, even above heavy machinery. Is this true to life? were they not worried about people falling out & being injured?

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when did most people in japan start self-identifying as "Japanese" (or 日本の)?

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suppose you're a merchant living in Babylon in the the late 6th century BC. how will the Persians taking the city likely affect your life?

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wikipedia says that Bushido is analogous to chivalry. do you think that's a reasonable comparison?

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In pre-Roman conquest Celtic cultures (such as those in first century BC Britain) how socially acceptable were homosexual relationships?

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why was Hudson Bay called a "bay" when it's larger than a lot of seas? why isn't the Mediterranean called called a "bay"?

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what happened to the unclean domestic animals when Islam took over the near east?

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Roman Emperor Gallienus is a character in the historical novel I'm read, in the story He's gay & implied to be possibly be a trans woman. Is either notion based on anything in real history?

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I was reading about the history of Manga on Wikipedia, it said that the 1920s was when Japanese artists started producing strips in reconcilable comic book style (IE with speech bubbles and such). Would America or Eropean comics have been known in Japan before that?

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did many American high schools ban early Rock-n-role at school dances, proms, talent shows and the like, or was that sort of thing rare?

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When I visited the HMS Belfast there were hammocks (with disturbing wax works in them) all over the ship, even above heavy machinery. Is this true to life? were they not worried about people falling out & being injured?	9
when did most people in japan start self-identifying as "Japanese" (or 日本の)?	9
suppose you're a merchant living in Babylon in the the late 6th century BC. how will the Persians taking the city likely affect your life?	9
wikipedia says that Bushido is analogous to chivalry. do you think that's a reasonable comparison?	9
In pre-Roman conquest Celtic cultures (such as those in first century BC Britain) how socially acceptable were homosexual relationships?	9
why was Hudson Bay called a "bay" when it's larger than a lot of seas? why isn't the Mediterranean called called a "bay"?	9
what happened to the unclean domestic animals when Islam took over the near east?	9
Roman Emperor Gallienus is a character in the historical novel I'm read, in the story He's gay & implied to be possibly be a trans woman. Is either notion based on anything in real history?	9
I was reading about the history of Manga on Wikipedia, it said that the 1920s was when Japanese artists started producing strips in reconcilable comic book style (IE with speech bubbles and such). Would America or Eropean comics have been known in Japan before that?	9
did many American high schools ban early Rock-n-role at school dances, proms, talent shows and the like, or was that sort of thing rare?	9