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Much as been made of the concept of slaves in America fleeing north to Canada, which had abolished slavery. How did the Canadians feel about this influx of "immigrants"? Or did so few slaves actually make it to Canada that it wasn't really an issue?
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U-boat historian Michael Gannon maintains that the U-boat navy was one of the least pro-Nazi branches of the Wehrmacht. How true is this claim and what were the underlying reasons for the Kriegsmarine’s general apathy towards Nazism compared to the other branches of the German armed forces?
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So, we know that animals take a lot of time to domesticate, and cats have only been relatively recently domesticated. Were the cats that the ancient Egyptians venerated less domestic than today's housecats?
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I saw somewhere that Hitler used low-frequency speakers to stress people before a meeting then disabled them when entering the room in order to associate relief with him. How accurate is this use of sound in politics ?
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In Book 15 of the Iliad, Apollo is desribed as knocking a rampart down 'like a child kicking a sandcastle'. What do we know about sea side recreational activities of people in Classical Greece?
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Did a Japanese general really advise against invading the United States because "There’s a rifle behind every blade of grass"? If so, was this in reference to high rates of gun ownership, or America's industrial might?
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Did people in continually inhabited cities notice "Site Formation" (old buildings being slowly buried) happening around them? And how did they understand the process?
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A common conspiracy theory nowadays is that "crisis actors" are paid to fake an event. Has there been any event in history where crisis actors have actually been used?
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