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When and how did 750 mL become the standard size for wine and liquor bottles?

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How well-known of an actor was John Wilkes Booth in 1865, on a scale of Chris Meloni to Brad Pitt?

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Did the annual seasonal flu exist before 20th-century advances in transportation technology?

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Why and how did Weimar-era Berlin become a locus for gay culture?

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How did people in the Middle Ages distinguish between miracles performed by saints and magic performed by witches?

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Did anyone in Ancient Greece ever try to climb Mt Olympus?

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Did ordinary Romans ever go on vacation to outer parts of the empire?

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This Wikipedia article argues that Mongolian 'phags-pa script is found in several examples of European Medieval art. Is this idea generally accepted among art historians?

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Did ancient people notice that the sound of thunder is delayed in proportion to the distance of a lightning strike? If so, how did they explain this? Did anyone attempt to measure the speed of sound before the Enlightenment?

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Lots of famous Roman marble statues are "copies of bronze originals" which have been lost. Where did they all go?

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When and how did 750 mL become the standard size for wine and liquor bottles?	1091
How well-known of an actor was John Wilkes Booth in 1865, on a scale of Chris Meloni to Brad Pitt?	274
Did the annual seasonal flu exist before 20th-century advances in transportation technology?	87
Why and how did Weimar-era Berlin become a locus for gay culture?	36
How did people in the Middle Ages distinguish between miracles performed by saints and magic performed by witches?	26
Did anyone in Ancient Greece ever try to climb Mt Olympus?	20
Did ordinary Romans ever go on vacation to outer parts of the empire?	11
This Wikipedia article argues that Mongolian 'phags-pa script is found in several examples of European Medieval art. Is this idea generally accepted among art historians?	9
Did ancient people notice that the sound of thunder is delayed in proportion to the distance of a lightning strike? If so, how did they explain this? Did anyone attempt to measure the speed of sound before the Enlightenment?	3
Lots of famous Roman marble statues are "copies of bronze originals" which have been lost. Where did they all go?	3