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What’s the story behind J.M Barries’s writing his “Captain Hook at Eton Speech?” When did he deliver it? Was it published at the time? Why did he write it, was it for some occasion?	2	AskHistorians
When two or more people needed an enslaved person’s assistance at the same time, who “got” to “have” the enslaved persons assistance? Did social standing play into who would “get” the enslaved person?	2	AskHistorians
Before formula for babies was available, how did people ensure a newborn could be fed if the mother died in childbirth? Did royalty make sure to always have a woman with milk on hand? What about everyone without access to hundreds of servants?	2	AskHistorians
I’m an archeologist translating, say, a French 17th century manuscript into English. Do I translate the manuscript into 17th century English, or modern English? Is this even a problem archeologists face when translating things? Can anything be gained by favoring modern vs old versions of languages?	2	AskHistorians
[EU] It was a bit disconcerting for the place to be on fire, but you’re still ready to leave a lovely review of Sammy's Ultimate Sliceria. It’ll be a bit difficult a la the computer ban, but Sammy’s is worth the punishment for using this cool new thing called Yelp.	2	WritingPrompts
The majority of football and basketball teams (in the US) are black; in the past, black or any non-white players were banned from playing, either by social or actual laws. How did basket and football, today seen as stereotypically black sports, become so, well, black?	2	AskHistorians
When did police start using lineups as a way to identify a suspect? Where do the noncriminals in the lineup crime from? Are they taken off the street and paid? What methods were used before lineups?	2	AskHistorians
I was browsing as AskReddit thread and saw a comment that said the reason the Berlin Wall fell was poor communication. Was it torn down due to an accident, or some other reason?	2	AskHistorians
[WP] All of reddit is just one person and their alt-accounts upvoting each other	2	WritingPrompts
I’m a Jew in Victorian London. How do I see the no Jews around me, and how do they see me? Any stereotypes relatively specific to this era and time?	1	AskHistorians

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