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Why was Mozart so financially unsuccessful in his life? Was it poor money management, or is there evidence that the court and music establishment of Vienna did their best to make sure that his operas and other works did not become popular?

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Why was Coors Beer not allowed to be sold east of the Mississippi in the 1970s?

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Did the IRA in 1919-1922 use the same indiscriminate tactics as the IRA in the 1970s and 1980s?

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[WP] The teacher called about your child's recent drawings in class. On the phone, the teacher said that the drawings were full of strange, arcane symbols that the teachers had never seen before. But you've seen them, from the recent dig you were at ... in that book of dark magic the crew found ...

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A lot of Western scholars through the years have been very pro-Graeco Roman civilization. Are there any academics/historians who were more critical of Rome?

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[WP] And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. "Onward Buttercup, there are shenanigans and f*ckery up ahead!"

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[WP] You were so happy to come back to work after sick leave. As it was your first day back, you were tagged to pick up lunch from the deli across the street. When you come back with everyone's orders, the office door is smashed open, blood and bullet holes on the walls, and everyone is dead.

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Before modern coffee machines and instant coffee, how did they make coffee? Use tea strainers?

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Are there any non-Greek accounts of the Persian Empire, from a third party?

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What, if any, repressive measures did the English take against the Welsh and their culture?

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Why was Mozart so financially unsuccessful in his life? Was it poor money management, or is there evidence that the court and music establishment of Vienna did their best to make sure that his operas and other works did not become popular?	71	AskHistorians
Why was Coors Beer not allowed to be sold east of the Mississippi in the 1970s?	68	AskHistorians
Did the IRA in 1919-1922 use the same indiscriminate tactics as the IRA in the 1970s and 1980s?	67	AskHistorians
[WP] The teacher called about your child's recent drawings in class. On the phone, the teacher said that the drawings were full of strange, arcane symbols that the teachers had never seen before. But you've seen them, from the recent dig you were at ... in that book of dark magic the crew found ...	67	WritingPrompts
A lot of Western scholars through the years have been very pro-Graeco Roman civilization. Are there any academics/historians who were more critical of Rome?	66	AskHistorians
[WP] And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. "Onward Buttercup, there are shenanigans and f*ckery up ahead!"	65	WritingPrompts
[WP] You were so happy to come back to work after sick leave. As it was your first day back, you were tagged to pick up lunch from the deli across the street. When you come back with everyone's orders, the office door is smashed open, blood and bullet holes on the walls, and everyone is dead.	65	WritingPrompts
Before modern coffee machines and instant coffee, how did they make coffee? Use tea strainers?	65	AskHistorians
Are there any non-Greek accounts of the Persian Empire, from a third party?	64	AskHistorians
What, if any, repressive measures did the English take against the Welsh and their culture?	64	AskHistorians