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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
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
Did cavalry (during any period) suffer from horse pileups?	40
US peace-time espionage, Pre-WWII?	8
[META] What does it mean when a historian is referred to as "Revisionist"?	8
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
Has any person or group been successful in making (large scale) alterations to a language?	2