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Among ancient populations that practiced trepanation do we find many un- or only partially-healed skulls? Can we determine a sort of success rate for these procedures?

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Pittacus, one of the seven sages of ancient Greece, said that crimes committed in drunkeness should be punished twofold. Was that ever a mainstream opinion?

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What might be on the menu at an English-owned vacation spot in the Balearic Islands around Majorca in the 1930s?

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According to a CIA document (link inside), Heinrich Mueller said this in Feb 1945 in a bombed-out office: "'The only line of action and the sensible thing to do... is to upset the East-West alliance and accelerate the dissolution of their pact." At this point, the war is over - why care?

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Barring human involvement, how would Sumer's clay cuneiform text tablets have held up to another 6-7,000 years in the ground?

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Among ancient populations that practiced trepanation do we find many un- or only partially-healed skulls? Can we determine a sort of success rate for these procedures?	4
Pittacus, one of the seven sages of ancient Greece, said that crimes committed in drunkeness should be punished twofold. Was that ever a mainstream opinion?	3
What might be on the menu at an English-owned vacation spot in the Balearic Islands around Majorca in the 1930s?	2
According to a CIA document (link inside), Heinrich Mueller said this in Feb 1945 in a bombed-out office: "'The only line of action and the sensible thing to do... is to upset the East-West alliance and accelerate the dissolution of their pact." At this point, the war is over - why care?	1
Barring human involvement, how would Sumer's clay cuneiform text tablets have held up to another 6-7,000 years in the ground?	1