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In 1769 would most/any normal people in japan have been aware that the Emperor held little to no real power, and that the shogun was really running the show?	48
I'm a US army soldier taking part in Indian wars on the US frontier in the 1870s, what are my rations like? Have they improved/advanced much since the civil war?	48
is it likely that Shakespeare knew Richard III had a back deformity and chose to exaggerate it in his play? if "yes" how, seeing as he was born several decades after Richard died, could he have known?	48
suppose I went to an english person and asked them if dragons exist, what's the earliest point in time I would be likely to get a "no" from them (apart from times before the superstition existed)?	48
in England in 1894 if you did an important job (like say were PM or a high court judge or something) and you were an opium addict, would anybody mind so long as you were high functioning?	48
I was once watching a TV documentary about Rome with my dad. One of the experts started to talk about the orderly way Romans did combat, my dad turn to me & said it reminded him of how the riot police used to operate back when he was one in the 1980s. Is it just a confidence the two are similar?	48
a service station (truck stop) near my house sells Chicken Tikka Masala with Basmati Rice for £7.29 a serving. suppose I live in Stoke-on-trent in 1717 instead of 2017, how much would all the ingredients to make that cost me? could I even get them all with any amount of money?	48
How did Chefs go from being viewed as common servants (or even slaves if you go back long enough) to being viewed as a kind of artist?	47
you know in 1967 when the american supreme court forces all States to allow interracial marriage. when that happened are there many/any records of older couples (IE ones who'd been engaging in a relationship for years regardless of their inability to legally wed) coming forward to get married?	47
I once read a historical novel set in 1942 Japan. One of the characters was an army officer, he carried a Katana and knew hand to hand martial arts besides. Are either of those things plausible or realistic?	46

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