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Have there ever been mafias/organized crime syndicates in the United States that were German, French, or Scandinavian?

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I've repeatedly heard the story of Andrew Jackson almost being assassinated, but two guns misfired in a 1 in 100,000 freak event. How are the odds of a pistol (for a certain era) misfiring actually calculated?

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Did cavalry (during any period) suffer from horse pileups?

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US peace-time espionage, Pre-WWII?

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[META] What does it mean when a historian is referred to as "Revisionist"?

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In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie promoted the use of a simplified spelling scheme for English, an effort that ultimately failed. Did TR and Carnegie model their efforts on past language reforms? Or was this purely of their own design?

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Has any person or group been successful in making (large scale) alterations to a language?

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Have there ever been mafias/organized crime syndicates in the United States that were German, French, or Scandinavian?	1321	AskHistorians
I've repeatedly heard the story of Andrew Jackson almost being assassinated, but two guns misfired in a 1 in 100,000 freak event. How are the odds of a pistol (for a certain era) misfiring actually calculated?	63	AskHistorians
Did cavalry (during any period) suffer from horse pileups?	40	AskHistorians
US peace-time espionage, Pre-WWII?	8	AskHistorians
[META] What does it mean when a historian is referred to as "Revisionist"?	8	AskHistorians
In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie promoted the use of a simplified spelling scheme for English, an effort that ultimately failed. Did TR and Carnegie model their efforts on past language reforms? Or was this purely of their own design?	8	AskHistorians
Has any person or group been successful in making (large scale) alterations to a language?	2	AskHistorians