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When did meat cooking temperature become a concern for chefs?

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Did the street to street combat during the Battle of Fredericksburg have any effect on military tactics? Were there standard tactics for urban combat at the time?

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Did the implementation of the gyroscopic sight have any effect on WWII aircombat?

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Is it true that American frontier people would start families without being married until a circuit rider came to town and could perform the ceremony? Did this affect bastardy laws?

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Did Elvis's numerous honorary police badges and commissions have any appreciable effect on drug culture in the US?

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Is it true that Rotary International significantly helped win the battle against Polio?

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A 1925 British record catalogue states that Malcolm McEachern's recording of "The Mighty Deep" included the lowest human note ever recorded until that point. Was there any significance to this claim technologically, musically, or otherwise? Was this something that was actively documented?

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How common was friendly fire during 18th and 19th century Napoleonic warfare? Was it infantry or artillery fire most commonly?

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What do we know about U.S. B-26 pilot who made a suicide run on Japanese carrier Akagi during the Battle of Midway? Was such an act unprecedented, and how was the pilot regarded after his death?

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Chili's, the Tex-Mex restaurant chain, claims that they made "fajitas a big thing in 1987." Did Chili's marketing of fajitas work to popularize the dish?

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When did meat cooking temperature become a concern for chefs?	3
Did the street to street combat during the Battle of Fredericksburg have any effect on military tactics? Were there standard tactics for urban combat at the time?	3
Did the implementation of the gyroscopic sight have any effect on WWII aircombat?	3
Is it true that American frontier people would start families without being married until a circuit rider came to town and could perform the ceremony? Did this affect bastardy laws?	3
Did Elvis's numerous honorary police badges and commissions have any appreciable effect on drug culture in the US?	3
Is it true that Rotary International significantly helped win the battle against Polio?	3
A 1925 British record catalogue states that Malcolm McEachern's recording of "The Mighty Deep" included the lowest human note ever recorded until that point. Was there any significance to this claim technologically, musically, or otherwise? Was this something that was actively documented?	3
How common was friendly fire during 18th and 19th century Napoleonic warfare? Was it infantry or artillery fire most commonly?	3
What do we know about U.S. B-26 pilot who made a suicide run on Japanese carrier Akagi during the Battle of Midway? Was such an act unprecedented, and how was the pilot regarded after his death?	3
Chili's, the Tex-Mex restaurant chain, claims that they made "fajitas a big thing in 1987." Did Chili's marketing of fajitas work to popularize the dish?	3