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Did Pre-Columbian american societies have mathematics?

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Professor commented how the Vikings fought against Native Americans in Greenland and North America. The Vikings lost, retreated and even left Greenland. But their forgotten and abandoned norse descendants remained and fought against the Inuits/Eskimo. Did that ever happen?

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Did the U.S. Civil War ever spill into Canada or Mexico?

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Were there ever any attempts in history at a unification between the USA and Canada as one single entity?

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In the past, sea journeys could take weeks or months even. How did a ship's kitchen and cafeteria look like and what and how did people eat while sailing across the oceans?

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Were the Founding Fathers common men and patriots of the colonies or were they already exceptionally rich, educated and powerful by the time the American Revolution kicked off?

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When Civil Rights leader MLK was assassinated in 1968, were there riots across America?

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Was Napoleon an intellectual?

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I have heard that the conservative Spanish American colonies broke away from the mainland because Spain was becoming too liberal. How controversial is this view?

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Did people during the Black Death in the 1300s have a special kind of pandemic fashion or PPE like clothes/garments, sort of like we did during Spanish Flu/Covid-19?

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Did Pre-Columbian american societies have mathematics?	11
Professor commented how the Vikings fought against Native Americans in Greenland and North America. The Vikings lost, retreated and even left Greenland. But their forgotten and abandoned norse descendants remained and fought against the Inuits/Eskimo. Did that ever happen?	10
Did the U.S. Civil War ever spill into Canada or Mexico?	9
Were there ever any attempts in history at a unification between the USA and Canada as one single entity?	9
In the past, sea journeys could take weeks or months even. How did a ship's kitchen and cafeteria look like and what and how did people eat while sailing across the oceans?	9
Were the Founding Fathers common men and patriots of the colonies or were they already exceptionally rich, educated and powerful by the time the American Revolution kicked off?	9
When Civil Rights leader MLK was assassinated in 1968, were there riots across America?	9
Was Napoleon an intellectual?	8
I have heard that the conservative Spanish American colonies broke away from the mainland because Spain was becoming too liberal. How controversial is this view?	7
Did people during the Black Death in the 1300s have a special kind of pandemic fashion or PPE like clothes/garments, sort of like we did during Spanish Flu/Covid-19?	4