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In the book "Emily of New Moon," a 36 year old man (Dean Priest) has a romantic interest in 12 year old Emily, telling her that he'll wait for her. How would people in the 1920s have viewed this character? Did author L.M. Montgomery experience something similar in her own life?

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In one of Rembrandt's paintings "Christ Before Pilate," he includes a clock. Did he have any idea of what the place looked like historically, or was he trying to modernize the scene for his time?

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It seems that in modern times, you can find many conspiracy theories that have little basis in reality - what are the oldest conspiracies of this sort that we have record of?

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In the book "Emily of New Moon," a 36 year old man (Dean Priest) has a romantic interest in 12 year old Emily, telling her that he'll wait for her. How would people in the 1920s have viewed this character? Did author L.M. Montgomery experience something similar in her own life?	181
In one of Rembrandt's paintings "Christ Before Pilate," he includes a clock. Did he have any idea of what the place looked like historically, or was he trying to modernize the scene for his time?	25
It seems that in modern times, you can find many conspiracy theories that have little basis in reality - what are the oldest conspiracies of this sort that we have record of?	2