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I'm a hot blooded young Roman man of the late Empire hitting the streets of Rome for a night out with my mates and I've got sestertii burning a hole in my purse. What kind of vice and wanton pleasures are available to me?	7062
In Smedley Butler's famous essay "War is a Racket", he asserts the 21,000 new millionaires and billionaires were made over the course of WWI. Is this true and can we accurately attribute it to the war?	1683
What were Nazi plans for their own soldiers who were disabled or mentally handicapped from war?	1632
Did Roman men ever hire gladiators as prostitutes?	334
Where and when did tarot cards originate? Were people secretive about it? Have the decks, suits, and major and minor arcana changed over the years?	157
New England women in 17th century America had one of the highest literacy rates for women in the world. What do we know about the the written records they left, how they viewed themselves, the world around them, and their place in it?	116
Did early settlers in New England fear the vast woodlands around them or have superstitions/old wives tales about going into the woods?	78
I just watched "The Battle of Algiers" and I was wondering what kind of policies did the French have in Algeria that lead to the Algerian rebellion?	71
Proverbs 31 describes a wife making a lot of independent financial decisions such as buying land and selling her wares. How much financial autonomy did Jewish women have during the biblical era?	52
A rare hurricane is currently drenching Ireland and climate scientists predict more due to climate change. Do we have records of increased hurricane activity in Western Europe during the Medieval warm period?	43

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