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Are there any records of how bad PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) was back during such times as the Crusades, wars with Rome, and the like?

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Why were women considered bad luck to be on a ship? When and how did the superstition start?

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Much of America's high school history books tend to focus more on the journey of taming the western frontier, than what was going on back east. So I'm wondering what was the general population's thoughts on those who decided to head out west?

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How reliable was the artillery in WW2 compared to WW1?

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Who were Donatello and Raphael during the Renaissance, and why are they not as popular as Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo when taught in school?

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During the medieval witch hunts/trials, what happened to those who recanted their "evil ways" in front of everyone who bore witness to such a spectacle?

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Is there any truth to the tale of Hitler and the Dog of Flanders? Did the Nazi party, and/or Hitler himself, personally try to exterminate any other breed of domesticated animal?

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Why was the tomato considered poisonous, and were there any other foods that were considered poisonous, but was later discovered that they weren't?

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How did languages first start up, and how did they spread the language around?

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As a whole, have the Spanish Inquisition use torture as a means of converting others to Christianity? How and why were they created? How and when did they dissolve? Have any of their members, or their sponsors, been on the receiving end of their interrogations?

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Are there any records of how bad PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) was back during such times as the Crusades, wars with Rome, and the like?	340
Why were women considered bad luck to be on a ship? When and how did the superstition start?	172
Much of America's high school history books tend to focus more on the journey of taming the western frontier, than what was going on back east. So I'm wondering what was the general population's thoughts on those who decided to head out west?	19
How reliable was the artillery in WW2 compared to WW1?	15
Who were Donatello and Raphael during the Renaissance, and why are they not as popular as Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo when taught in school?	9
During the medieval witch hunts/trials, what happened to those who recanted their "evil ways" in front of everyone who bore witness to such a spectacle?	7
Is there any truth to the tale of Hitler and the Dog of Flanders? Did the Nazi party, and/or Hitler himself, personally try to exterminate any other breed of domesticated animal?	6
Why was the tomato considered poisonous, and were there any other foods that were considered poisonous, but was later discovered that they weren't?	6
How did languages first start up, and how did they spread the language around?	6
As a whole, have the Spanish Inquisition use torture as a means of converting others to Christianity? How and why were they created? How and when did they dissolve? Have any of their members, or their sponsors, been on the receiving end of their interrogations?	4