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Confederate slaver aristocrat Edmund Ruffin committed suicide when the US won the Civil War, stating death was better than living with the "perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race." Was it common for CSA fanatics to claim northern whites were a different race than southern whites?

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What forms of labor were most enslaved people in the Ottoman Empire used for? The harem sex slaves, court eunuchs and janissary slave soldiers get the most attention, but what about the rest?

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Were Aztec doctors any better treating at traumatic injuries/combat wounds than their contemporary Western European counterparts? Did widespread human sacrifice and obsidian tools give Aztec medicine any advantages in knowledge of anatomy and surgery?

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How did Weimar Germany's public schools handle teaching children about World War One and the causes and effects? What were public school lessons on topics like Kaiser Wilhelm II, Bismarck's legacy, the deposed monarchy and the remaining aristocracy like?

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What usually happened to samurai and ashigaru who sustained permanent disabling injuries that made them unable to effectively fight?

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Did WWI-era airplanes actually use lubricant that often splashed pilots in the face and caused them to shit their pants?

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Confederate slaver aristocrat Edmund Ruffin committed suicide when the US won the Civil War, stating death was better than living with the "perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race." Was it common for CSA fanatics to claim northern whites were a different race than southern whites?	1163
What forms of labor were most enslaved people in the Ottoman Empire used for? The harem sex slaves, court eunuchs and janissary slave soldiers get the most attention, but what about the rest?	31
Were Aztec doctors any better treating at traumatic injuries/combat wounds than their contemporary Western European counterparts? Did widespread human sacrifice and obsidian tools give Aztec medicine any advantages in knowledge of anatomy and surgery?	26
How did Weimar Germany's public schools handle teaching children about World War One and the causes and effects? What were public school lessons on topics like Kaiser Wilhelm II, Bismarck's legacy, the deposed monarchy and the remaining aristocracy like?	15
What usually happened to samurai and ashigaru who sustained permanent disabling injuries that made them unable to effectively fight?	6
Did WWI-era airplanes actually use lubricant that often splashed pilots in the face and caused them to shit their pants?	1