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Was Oliver Cromwell excessively cruel in his sacks of Drogheda and Wexford, or was it more or less in keeping with the times?

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What religion was the prophet Mohammed before inventing the Abrahamic religion of Islam?

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I remember reading at one point that early Christians committed suicide to arrive at heaven faster, before the church categorized it as a sin. Is there any truth to this?

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The first transatlantic communication cable was laid in 1858 - transfer of information that took weeks now was essentially instantaneous. How did this revelation affect society?

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After the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Mongolia and Tibet declared independence from China. What different factors led Mongolia to be a sovereign state and Tibet to remain a part of China?

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I read recently that in the 1500s, Portuguese slave ships brought Japanese women to Portugal for sexual purposes. How were they thought of in Portugal? Were they considered extremely exotic? Were they fetishized?

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How were the English colonies in the Americas affected by the British Civil Wars of the 1640s?

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I read recently that during the battle of Coral Sea, reverberations from explosions during the battle caused the rubber bearings in the propeller shafts of American ships to harden and the propellers to seize rendering the ships dead in the water. Is this true?

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When the British Empire switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, how did the public react?

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During the Battle of Midway in 1942, the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers. Where did the pilots, now without a landig strip, land or ditch their planes?

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Was Oliver Cromwell excessively cruel in his sacks of Drogheda and Wexford, or was it more or less in keeping with the times?	229
What religion was the prophet Mohammed before inventing the Abrahamic religion of Islam?	126
I remember reading at one point that early Christians committed suicide to arrive at heaven faster, before the church categorized it as a sin. Is there any truth to this?	104
The first transatlantic communication cable was laid in 1858 - transfer of information that took weeks now was essentially instantaneous. How did this revelation affect society?	78
After the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Mongolia and Tibet declared independence from China. What different factors led Mongolia to be a sovereign state and Tibet to remain a part of China?	46
I read recently that in the 1500s, Portuguese slave ships brought Japanese women to Portugal for sexual purposes. How were they thought of in Portugal? Were they considered extremely exotic? Were they fetishized?	24
How were the English colonies in the Americas affected by the British Civil Wars of the 1640s?	23
I read recently that during the battle of Coral Sea, reverberations from explosions during the battle caused the rubber bearings in the propeller shafts of American ships to harden and the propellers to seize rendering the ships dead in the water. Is this true?	15
When the British Empire switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, how did the public react?	14
During the Battle of Midway in 1942, the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers. Where did the pilots, now without a landig strip, land or ditch their planes?	11