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Did the general consumption of spinach in the US increase during the time when Popeye became popular?

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I heard that Heian period Japanese noblewomen painted their faces white, their teeth black, and redrew eyebrows. What is the aesthetic conception of these cosmetic practices?

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Can we trace the history of Italian body language? How did Italians become popularly known to gesticulate wildly during conversation?

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When did Germans acquire the reputation for being strict and extremely hardworking?

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How did Emperor Meiji travel from Kyoto to Tokyo when the capital was moved? Was it a long, arduous journey? Did he travel on the Tōkaidō road?

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How did the translators approach Don Quixote's speech archaisms when the novel was first translated into French, German, Italian, and English?

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Why is the Italian city of Livorno known traditionally in English as Leghorn?

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Does the Indian worship of cows have roots in the Proto-Indo-European religion? If so, are there any parallel traditions in other pre-Christian Indo-European cultures?

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“Smells like roses” - Since when did we equate the smell of roses as a general simile for something that smells good?

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What is the story behind the ban on pork consumption in some Abrahamic religions, and did Christianity at some point also prohibit the eating of pork as well?

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Did the general consumption of spinach in the US increase during the time when Popeye became popular?	1588
I heard that Heian period Japanese noblewomen painted their faces white, their teeth black, and redrew eyebrows. What is the aesthetic conception of these cosmetic practices?	193
Can we trace the history of Italian body language? How did Italians become popularly known to gesticulate wildly during conversation?	54
When did Germans acquire the reputation for being strict and extremely hardworking?	50
How did Emperor Meiji travel from Kyoto to Tokyo when the capital was moved? Was it a long, arduous journey? Did he travel on the Tōkaidō road?	42
How did the translators approach Don Quixote's speech archaisms when the novel was first translated into French, German, Italian, and English?	40
Why is the Italian city of Livorno known traditionally in English as Leghorn?	33
Does the Indian worship of cows have roots in the Proto-Indo-European religion? If so, are there any parallel traditions in other pre-Christian Indo-European cultures?	22
“Smells like roses” - Since when did we equate the smell of roses as a general simile for something that smells good?	20
What is the story behind the ban on pork consumption in some Abrahamic religions, and did Christianity at some point also prohibit the eating of pork as well?	8