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Tuesday Trivia: How did people in your era get sick or hurt? What was it like to "go to the doctor"? (This thread has relaxed standards--we invite everyone to participate!)

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Tuesday Trivia: Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom's spacecraft sank to the bottom of the ocean after splashdown. When he took command of the first manned Gemini flight, he named his ship...(the unsinkable) Molly Brown. Because NASA said no to Titanic. And how did people in your era deal with failure?

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Tuesday Trivia: Conspiracy!

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The island of New Guinea is split by an almost-straight line into Indonesia (Asia) and Papua New Guinea (Oceania/Pacific). How did such a neat border arise? How does an island come to be split not just between countries but between continents?

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Tuesday Trivia: Historians After Dark

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How did World War II and its aftermath alter the day-to-day lives of Pacific Islanders?

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Tuesday Trivia: Out of Context Quotes

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Arma virumque cano - Would performances of epic poetry in the ancient world have been considered "music", or just "songs"?

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Tuesday Trivia: Monsters! This thread has relaxed standards—we invite everyone to participate!

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Tuesday Trivia: "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride" comes from a song written by a man, UK songwriter Fred Leigh, in the 1920s--and became famous thanks to a commercial for, of all things, mouthwash.

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Tuesday Trivia: How did people in your era get sick or hurt? What was it like to "go to the doctor"? (This thread has relaxed standards--we invite everyone to participate!)	75
Tuesday Trivia: Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom's spacecraft sank to the bottom of the ocean after splashdown. When he took command of the first manned Gemini flight, he named his ship...(the unsinkable) Molly Brown. Because NASA said no to Titanic. And how did people in your era deal with failure?	73
Tuesday Trivia: Conspiracy!	72
The island of New Guinea is split by an almost-straight line into Indonesia (Asia) and Papua New Guinea (Oceania/Pacific). How did such a neat border arise? How does an island come to be split not just between countries but between continents?	69
Tuesday Trivia: Historians After Dark	68
How did World War II and its aftermath alter the day-to-day lives of Pacific Islanders?	66
Tuesday Trivia: Out of Context Quotes	65
Arma virumque cano - Would performances of epic poetry in the ancient world have been considered "music", or just "songs"?	64
Tuesday Trivia: Monsters! This thread has relaxed standards—we invite everyone to participate!	63
Tuesday Trivia: "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride" comes from a song written by a man, UK songwriter Fred Leigh, in the 1920s--and became famous thanks to a commercial for, of all things, mouthwash.	63