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When we think of life in Renaissance Italy, we think of cathedrals, palaces and grand public spaces. But what would the home of a "middle class" (urban bourgeois) person in, say, 16th century Florence be like?

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Who were the “Bigots” (with a capital B) mentioned in Rousseau’s Confessions?

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How long have technical drawings existed, and when did they take their approximately modern form?

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Did the idea of putting a person in a rocket exist before the early 20th century?

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How did the French Republican Calendar handle dates before the epoch?

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Wikipedia says the US General Matthew Ridgway asked that German officers in prison for war crimes on the Eastern Front be released since he himself had issued similar orders in Korea. What was he talking about?

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Did the British or any other European power ever try (or just plan) to assassinate Napoleon?

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What was life like for gay men in large American cities in the 1950s?

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Some women who opposed the women's suffrage movement claimed it would corrupt the purity of women. What was the logic behind this position?

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Why has cancer historically been a taboo in Western culture to a greater degree than any other non-sexually-transmitted disease?

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When we think of life in Renaissance Italy, we think of cathedrals, palaces and grand public spaces. But what would the home of a "middle class" (urban bourgeois) person in, say, 16th century Florence be like?	6
Who were the “Bigots” (with a capital B) mentioned in Rousseau’s Confessions?	6
How long have technical drawings existed, and when did they take their approximately modern form?	6
Did the idea of putting a person in a rocket exist before the early 20th century?	6
How did the French Republican Calendar handle dates before the epoch?	5
Wikipedia says the US General Matthew Ridgway asked that German officers in prison for war crimes on the Eastern Front be released since he himself had issued similar orders in Korea. What was he talking about?	5
Did the British or any other European power ever try (or just plan) to assassinate Napoleon?	5
What was life like for gay men in large American cities in the 1950s?	4
Some women who opposed the women's suffrage movement claimed it would corrupt the purity of women. What was the logic behind this position?	4
Why has cancer historically been a taboo in Western culture to a greater degree than any other non-sexually-transmitted disease?	4