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There are a number of articles on the internet where people make disgusting recipes from the 1950s (ex. ham and bananas hollandaise). Did people in the 50s really eat these?

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Where would a country's gold and money have been stored in medieval times?

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Wikipedia says that when the USA returned the Hungarian crown jewels after storing them for safekeeping, 'the agreement to return the jewels contained many conditions to ensure the people of Hungary, rather than its Communist government, took possession of the jewels.' What conditions were these?

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'Under Tipu Sultan, Mysore had some of the world's highest real wages and living standards in the late 18th century, higher than Britain' How was this achieved?

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Would the founding fathers have eaten the Newtown Pippin apple as a dessert apple?

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So...what was the Dreyfus affair?

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How much did the 1973 oil crisis influence the design and engineering of American cars?

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Why did South Africa claim Namibia?

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In Three Kingdoms Zhuge Liang is portrayed as a super genius. How brilliant was Zhuge Liang in real life?

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How were Lesotho and eSwatini affected by South Africa's apartheid policy?

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There are a number of articles on the internet where people make disgusting recipes from the 1950s (ex. ham and bananas hollandaise). Did people in the 50s really eat these?	1390
Where would a country's gold and money have been stored in medieval times?	929
Wikipedia says that when the USA returned the Hungarian crown jewels after storing them for safekeeping, 'the agreement to return the jewels contained many conditions to ensure the people of Hungary, rather than its Communist government, took possession of the jewels.' What conditions were these?	345
'Under Tipu Sultan, Mysore had some of the world's highest real wages and living standards in the late 18th century, higher than Britain' How was this achieved?	314
Would the founding fathers have eaten the Newtown Pippin apple as a dessert apple?	113
So...what was the Dreyfus affair?	75
How much did the 1973 oil crisis influence the design and engineering of American cars?	39
Why did South Africa claim Namibia?	24
In Three Kingdoms Zhuge Liang is portrayed as a super genius. How brilliant was Zhuge Liang in real life?	19
How were Lesotho and eSwatini affected by South Africa's apartheid policy?	17