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I read an alt-history story about the Chinese discovering America in the 1500s. The Chinese start a smallpox epidemic, they say that they've had this happen before with natives on Tiwan, the Philippines and the spice islands. Did the Chinese really trigger virgin outbreaks in any of those places?

346 upvotes • grapp

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Were neutral embassies (such as the Swiss or Swedish) respected when capitols were captured in WWII?

346 upvotes • ExpiresAfterUse

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Is this my grandpa with Eisenhower?

346 upvotes • kzgrey

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Are there any families from the Roman Republic period that survived into Late Antiquity?

346 upvotes • JohnCashMoney

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Some of the American founding fathers had deist or other unorthodox religious beliefs. How widespread were these beliefs among the general American population at the time?

346 upvotes • comix_corp

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Was the U.S. Civil War considered to be major world news at the time? How likely would it have been for an average European citizen to be aware of what was happening in the U.S.?

346 upvotes • H3d0n1st

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In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo goes to an ordinary pharmacy (or apothecary) to get a deadly poison, with which he kills himself. Would ordinary 17th-century apothecaries always have deadly poisons on hand?

346 upvotes • fiftythreestudio

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Why is Alexander the Great remembered in history as a great general and valient leader while other conquerors in history like Ghengis Khan are demonized?

346 upvotes • pm_me_ur_giant_boobs

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When did the U.S. become an outlier in mass incarceration and why?

346 upvotes • ArmandoAlvarezWF

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Is it true WW2 german submariners took the worst casualty rate in history?

346 upvotes • hotfezz81

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I read an alt-history story about the Chinese discovering America in the 1500s. The Chinese start a smallpox epidemic, they say that they've had this happen before with natives on Tiwan, the Philippines and the spice islands. Did the Chinese really trigger virgin outbreaks in any of those places?	346	grapp
Were neutral embassies (such as the Swiss or Swedish) respected when capitols were captured in WWII?	346	ExpiresAfterUse
Is this my grandpa with Eisenhower?	346	kzgrey
Are there any families from the Roman Republic period that survived into Late Antiquity?	346	JohnCashMoney
Some of the American founding fathers had deist or other unorthodox religious beliefs. How widespread were these beliefs among the general American population at the time?	346	comix_corp
Was the U.S. Civil War considered to be major world news at the time? How likely would it have been for an average European citizen to be aware of what was happening in the U.S.?	346	H3d0n1st
In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo goes to an ordinary pharmacy (or apothecary) to get a deadly poison, with which he kills himself. Would ordinary 17th-century apothecaries always have deadly poisons on hand?	346	fiftythreestudio
Why is Alexander the Great remembered in history as a great general and valient leader while other conquerors in history like Ghengis Khan are demonized?	346	pm_me_ur_giant_boobs
When did the U.S. become an outlier in mass incarceration and why?	346	ArmandoAlvarezWF
Is it true WW2 german submariners took the worst casualty rate in history?	346	hotfezz81