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On the evening before his death, George Washington read the newspapers with his secretary, Tobias Lear. What sort of stories would he have been printed in them?

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My WWII obsessed friend told me that a male born in the Soviet Union in 1923 had only a 20% chance of seeing his 23rd birthday. How true is this?

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What was giving birth like in ancient times, especially in the Middle East?

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On the evening before his death, George Washington read the newspapers with his secretary, Tobias Lear. What sort of stories would he have been printed in them?	181
My WWII obsessed friend told me that a male born in the Soviet Union in 1923 had only a 20% chance of seeing his 23rd birthday. How true is this?	88
What was giving birth like in ancient times, especially in the Middle East?	4