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According to Kurlansky’s ‘Salt’, there was a law in 1660s France that forced people to buy 7kg of salt a year, a quantity that could only be fully used when making salted meats. This law also made the making of these salted meats illegal. Was there a reasoning behind this instead of a regular tax?
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Regarding castles in the middle ages, who designed them? How were these people found and chosen? Where were they found? Were there any famous castle architects that were known by name like Frank Lloyd Wright?
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[WP] Sunflowers are now sinflowers; every time you commit one of the seven sins, a sinflower grows on your lawn. Your neighbor just moved in and their yard is full of these flowers. They invite you over for dinner.
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Shakespeare's plays take place in a wide variety of locations, such as the well-known Alexandria, Athens, and Rome, but also the less well-known Messina, Padua, and Illyria. How many of these settings would the average viewer know at the time these plays were first performed?
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I'm working in eastern China, and it's very easy to find a dish here that contains plants native to the Americas, such as tomatoes, potatoes, peanuts, pumpkin, or peppers. How did these plants become such a common part of Chinese cuisine?
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