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Grigori Rasputin came into a position of power with the Russian royal family due to his ability to treat their son Alexei who was a hemophiliac. What are the leading theories to how he was able to consistently treat the heir, when doctors at the time were unsuccessful?
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How were Soviet computers programmed? Did the Soviet Union have their own “communist programming languages” and a soviet ASCII? Did they create an alternative “Soviet FORTRAN/C/ASSEMBLY”?
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I am a 30 year old Incan running messenger. After years of service, my knees just can't take the abuse anymore. What are my options?
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[Meta] I wrote my PhD dissertation on AskHistorians! Rather than ask you to read the whole thing, I’ve summed up my findings in three posts. This is Part 1, on learning and knowledge exchange in AskHistorians.
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Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa had 16 children, three of whom died young, she had a painting commisioned of the three dead daughters, but in the painting there is a fourth baby seen at the top, is it known why this is?
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Why did pizza have the entire delivery market locked down for so long before everyone else jumped on?
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The Irish Potato Famine (1845-1852), while often viewed as a tragedy, largely escapes being labelled as a genocide by the academic community. In contrast to this, the Holodomor/Soviet Famine (1932-1933) is actively labelled as a genocide by 16 countries. What are the causes behind this difference?
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