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Did East and West Berlin share water, sewage, gas and electricity networks? How did this work in practice? Who controlled supply and was it ever used to their advantage?

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Did Churchill, or any other WW2 leaders, actually have body doubles to confuse the enemy about their location? Did it work?

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Did early London Police Detectives get paid by the victim (or victim's family) of the crime they were investigating? If so, did this mean only crimes where someone was prepared to pay were investigated?

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Is there an agreed definition of slavery? Is blakbirding (in Australia) technically slavery, or does it not meet the definition?

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Did East and West Berlin share water, sewage, gas and electricity networks? How did this work in practice? Who controlled supply and was it ever used to their advantage?	4450
Did Churchill, or any other WW2 leaders, actually have body doubles to confuse the enemy about their location? Did it work?	24
Did early London Police Detectives get paid by the victim (or victim's family) of the crime they were investigating? If so, did this mean only crimes where someone was prepared to pay were investigated?	10
Is there an agreed definition of slavery? Is blakbirding (in Australia) technically slavery, or does it not meet the definition?	5