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It's the 9th Century and I've just put some cakes in my oven when King Alfred turns up. How do I know he is who he says he is, and how much reverence would a peasant like me afford him? How would contact amongst the public compare to meeting the Queen today?
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In The Compleat Angler (1653) three complete strangers quickly enter into protracted conversation and eventually lodge together. In Barry Lyndon (set in the 1750s) Barry is invited to eat with strangers within seconds of meeting. Was it common for random people to just...hang out?
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How were Soviet States ‘chosen’ to join the Union? Why, eg., were Poland/Bulgaria satellites and not fully fledged members, whereas Ukraine/Kyrgyzstan were constituent republics?
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There was no room at the inn for Mary and Joseph, but there was an inn. How big was the hospitality/tourist trade 2000 years ago, and who was using it?
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In the film Casablanca, (made and set in 1942) the police in Unoccupied France, ie. Morocco are very pleasant and welcoming to the German officers. By this time, Germany had taken Paris, so the two were clearly enemies. Why were they able to move so freely in a supposedly unoccupied territory?
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Is there a history of things like humanitarian aid, ceasefires and calls to restore infrastructure like phone lines previous to the 21st century?
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It can be argued that technology of the near past, windmills, bikes, non-plastics are better than what we have today in terms of sustainability. Are there any examples of mass adoption of and then abandonment of technologies pre 19th century?
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At what point was it discovered WHY things like salt and sugar preserve foods, as opposed to just doing it like we’d done for thousands of years?
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