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What was the public reaction when Americans learned that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had both died on July 4th, 1826?

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Was the Black Death in 14th century Europe and the Mediterranean world the worst epidemic in history? Some estimates put the death toll at 200 million over the course of 100 years. Have other parts of the world suffered the same kind of concentrated depopulation by disease?

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In the aftermath of WWII, the Marshall Plan/ERP was promoted using propaganda posters, most of which displayed the flags of the nations involved. Which nation's flag is represented on the poster, linked to in the body of this post, with a single white fleur-de-lis on a blue background?

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What was the public reaction when Americans learned that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had both died on July 4th, 1826?	168
Was the Black Death in 14th century Europe and the Mediterranean world the worst epidemic in history? Some estimates put the death toll at 200 million over the course of 100 years. Have other parts of the world suffered the same kind of concentrated depopulation by disease?	13
In the aftermath of WWII, the Marshall Plan/ERP was promoted using propaganda posters, most of which displayed the flags of the nations involved. Which nation's flag is represented on the poster, linked to in the body of this post, with a single white fleur-de-lis on a blue background?	7