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who is the earliest person we know of who predicted that you could build a single machine capable of doing (almost) any mathematical task a person could think to give it (IE a computer)?	0
Over the course of it's existence has the People's Republic of China been more or less tolarent of religion (particularly forms of buddhism) than the USSR was (particularly forms of Christianity) over the course of it?	0
You’re a 44 year old Mormon man, and a toy store owner/manager in a suburban town near Salt Lake City. the year is 1964, What are the odds you self identify as a republican? What are the odds you self identify as a democrat?	0
wikipedia (and my grandmother) says that Blackpool Tower was supposedly built to be a replica of the Eiffel Tower. if that's the case why did they make it so much smaller?	0
During the vietnam war how did the American troops over there feel towards the U.S. Government? Was there popular support among the troops for either LBJ's or Nixon's administration?	0
In classical times could you purchase copies of famous books, or did you have to go to a library if you wanted the read the Iliad or Plato's Republic or whatever?	0
When did most British farmers start using money in place of barter or credit, for more than half of all acquisitions and sails of livestock and crops?	0
how much power did the roman senate loose between 16BC and AD298?	0
in real life how would a solider who did what Stigglitz did in Inglourious Basterds, have been punished?	0
There's a sub-plot running through the third and fourth series BoardWalk Empire where Eli's eldest son is lying to him about the fact he took up smoking well Eli was in jail. Is it realistic that a father in 1923 would care if his teen son smoked or not? If "yes" why?	0

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