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Before the American Revolution were people born in New England allowed to join the British army? If “yes” were any of the “red coats” actually American?	25
Suppose you are a man born between 1915 and 1920 anywhere on Earth, what are the odds of you dying in combat during WW2?	25
Suppose I’m a roman messenger tasked with getting some important message from the Britain to Rome in 250AD (say some barbarians have tried to attack Hadrian’s Wall or something like that). How do I get across the channel? Where do I get food well I’m on road? Where do I sleep well I’m on the road?	25
a peasent in AD1117 England, a peasent in AD1117 Japan. averaged out over a year who spends more time working?	25
My experience of internet discussions gives me the impression that many people are depressed or reluctant to accept the light speed limit because of apparent limits in places on space exploration. Were many/any similar concerns expressed by back when Einstein first put forward the notion?	25
An English teacher once told me that Shakespeare's Prospero only sinks magic books to the bottom of the sea because the Tudor era English would have found the notion of destroying books, sources of wisdom, aberrant. Is that so?	25
Suppose I am a normal (non enslaved) person in Carthage in 156BC. How worried am I about Rome attacking again and destroying my already reduced civilisation?	25
which had higher literacy rates in 1395, Florence or Constantinople?	25
were the negative stereotypes concerning Jews and money present in roman times?	25
Harry Turtledove, an alternate History writer I like, admits that he only stayed on and got his PHD in Byzantine history because there was a deferment for guys in education. Did many other people try to get out being sent to Vietnam by staying in university longer than they otherwise would have?	25

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