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After the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, it was referred to as the "Cosmic Bomb". Why was this term apparently dropped and never again used?

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In the new Downtown Abbey movie, King George V has a personal French Chef. Would real British royalty have personal chefs from another country?

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How instrumental was American and European pressure in getting King Leopold to give up the Congo Free State to Belgium? Why did he do it?

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During WWII, propaganda-themed board games were produced in Nazi Germany, the US, and other countries. What were these board games like?

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Did early American colonists try to recreate earlier cooking recipes for nostalgic purposes?

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I read once that the movement to ban absinthe in the US and Europe in the early 20th century was partially due to a man who murdered his family in Switzerland after drinking it and who claimed he hallucinated. Did this happen, and was it a catalyst for the large-scale banning of absinthe?

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Dancers in saloons in the old west...a myth?

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In the movie "L.A. Confidential" there's a subplot about a mogul who recruits prostitutes and has them "cut to look like movie stars", meaning he pays for them to get plastic surgery. Was this even possible in 1950's Los Angeles?

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At the end of Braveheart, William Wallace's head is lopped off by an executioner wearing a bag with a mesh over his head. Did executioners wear this sort of silly headgear?

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How important do music historians think EDM or electronica is compared to Jazz or Hip-Hop?

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After the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, it was referred to as the "Cosmic Bomb". Why was this term apparently dropped and never again used?	8
In the new Downtown Abbey movie, King George V has a personal French Chef. Would real British royalty have personal chefs from another country?	7
How instrumental was American and European pressure in getting King Leopold to give up the Congo Free State to Belgium? Why did he do it?	7
During WWII, propaganda-themed board games were produced in Nazi Germany, the US, and other countries. What were these board games like?	7
Did early American colonists try to recreate earlier cooking recipes for nostalgic purposes?	7
I read once that the movement to ban absinthe in the US and Europe in the early 20th century was partially due to a man who murdered his family in Switzerland after drinking it and who claimed he hallucinated. Did this happen, and was it a catalyst for the large-scale banning of absinthe?	7
Dancers in saloons in the old west...a myth?	6
In the movie "L.A. Confidential" there's a subplot about a mogul who recruits prostitutes and has them "cut to look like movie stars", meaning he pays for them to get plastic surgery. Was this even possible in 1950's Los Angeles?	5
At the end of Braveheart, William Wallace's head is lopped off by an executioner wearing a bag with a mesh over his head. Did executioners wear this sort of silly headgear?	5
How important do music historians think EDM or electronica is compared to Jazz or Hip-Hop?	5