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Where does the image of medieval kings with scepters and crowns come from? Did Kings ever wear their crowns, and, if so, did they do so only ceremonially? Did this fall out of fashion at some point?

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What were the treatment options for infection prior to the discovery of antibiotics? Were any of them effective?

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Did widespread availability of 'the pill' have an effect on marriage rates? How about divorce rates? Was it made widely available as soon as it was created? Was this uniform nationally, or even internationally?

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Hawaii is incredibly remote compared to almost any other inhabited island; do we know how it came to be settled, and who the settlers were?

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Where did the expression "ok" as assent/confirmation come from?

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Who came up with "rule 34", and in what circumstances? Were there really 33 other rules? How did it spread to the point of ubiquity?

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Heading into his fourth term in office, in the midst of a World War and in ill health, Franklin Roosevelt dropped Henry Wallace from the ticket for Harry Truman. Do we know why? Did they have a prior relationship from Truman's time in the Senate? Was he privy to Roosevelt's counsel?

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How aware was the literate American community of the 1920s that the 'lost generation' was thriving in Paris? Would the cognoscenti of the times know of their existence, or did their fame come later?

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The bill that established the secret service lay unsigned on Lincoln's desk the night he was assassinated, and it was created shortly thereafter, but wasn't assigned to protect the President until just after McKinley's assassination. In the interim, what steps were taken to protect the President?

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I'm a pleb in the time of the Gracci. How do I follow the news of the day? They were famous for playing to the "mob"; would the general public be aware of their proposals? The Senate's resistance to their proposals seems self-defeating and shortsighted; what was their justification?

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Where does the image of medieval kings with scepters and crowns come from? Did Kings ever wear their crowns, and, if so, did they do so only ceremonially? Did this fall out of fashion at some point?	1	AskHistorians
What were the treatment options for infection prior to the discovery of antibiotics? Were any of them effective?	1	AskHistorians
Did widespread availability of 'the pill' have an effect on marriage rates? How about divorce rates? Was it made widely available as soon as it was created? Was this uniform nationally, or even internationally?	1	AskHistorians
Hawaii is incredibly remote compared to almost any other inhabited island; do we know how it came to be settled, and who the settlers were?	1	AskHistorians
Where did the expression "ok" as assent/confirmation come from?	0	AskHistorians
Who came up with "rule 34", and in what circumstances? Were there really 33 other rules? How did it spread to the point of ubiquity?	0	AskHistorians
Heading into his fourth term in office, in the midst of a World War and in ill health, Franklin Roosevelt dropped Henry Wallace from the ticket for Harry Truman. Do we know why? Did they have a prior relationship from Truman's time in the Senate? Was he privy to Roosevelt's counsel?	0	AskHistorians
How aware was the literate American community of the 1920s that the 'lost generation' was thriving in Paris? Would the cognoscenti of the times know of their existence, or did their fame come later?	0	AskHistorians
The bill that established the secret service lay unsigned on Lincoln's desk the night he was assassinated, and it was created shortly thereafter, but wasn't assigned to protect the President until just after McKinley's assassination. In the interim, what steps were taken to protect the President?	0	AskHistorians
I'm a pleb in the time of the Gracci. How do I follow the news of the day? They were famous for playing to the "mob"; would the general public be aware of their proposals? The Senate's resistance to their proposals seems self-defeating and shortsighted; what was their justification?	0	AskHistorians