/u/Gargatua13013's posts in /r/askhistorians
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Have any written accounts of acts admitted through confession come down to us from Pope Alexander VI or his children? If so, what do they say?
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What prompted the distribution of cast-iron building components in SoHo? Are there other areas where they also became popular?
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What are the origins of the custom of opening Champagne bottles with sabers ("Sabrer le champagne")? How and why did this pratice become popular and widespread?
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Sir Robert Fortune kept pretty good journals of his missions of corporate espionage in China for the East India Company. Are there any surviving writings from the Chinese of their dealings with Fortune?
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Quite a lot of cunning was required for conservative french peasants to adopt the potato as a crop. Were any similar efforts required to introduce tomatos and peppers in Italy?
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What perceived strategic threats and specific targets were the South African nuclear weapons program meant to address.
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How sincere was the general populations belief in witchcraft during the European with trials of the late 1600's?
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