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When it came time to survey land in Middle Ages England, children had their ears boxed or were beaten with rocks in the annual "beating of bounds" to help them remember the metes and bounds? Was this widely practiced?
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In the All in the Family episode "Archie's Helping Hand," Archie says that he makes $5.50 an hour, roughly $25 in today's money. How far would this realistically go in 1974?
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I just read in my Oil and Gas Law casebook that whalers would process a sperm whale while still at sea, storing the oil in barrels. How were whales processed on board?
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In modern times, a real estate closing is sort of a "business ceremony." In the Middle Ages, the seller gave the buyer dirt to "seize" him of the property. What would an 18th century land sale look like in the U.S.?
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I was born in 1990, and my mother once told me that someone had built a self-driving car in the past, but that it didn't work well. Were self-driving car prototypes built in the early 1980s or 90s?
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What is the current state of research for "Morgellon's Disease?" Is it still regarded as a psychological issue?
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How would a Civil War brigade or regimental commander know when sound retreat? In some cases, units have retreated with very few casualties, so what other factors were considered?
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