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What did American revolutionaries do with British royalists after the war?

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In 1809 Samuel McHarry published "The Practical Distiller," an account of American distillation processes. Do we know anything about him as person and what inspired him to travel the newborn U.S. in search of it's distilling practices? Did others record American distilling practices before him?

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Thermae Romae, or how I learned to stop worrying and ask r/askhistorians how elaborate Roman bathing culture under Hadrian actually was?

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"Derry Girls:" How was homosexuality viewed in Northern Ireland in the 90's?

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What were the rules of dueling and how could I have done it legally? What would have stopped me from just killing someone and claiming it was a duel after the fact?

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I've heard that the U.S. Whiskey Rebellion was largely driven by the fact that farmers used corn whiskey as a currency and the whiskey taxes threatened their economy. Was paper currency unavailable o unpopular? What did commerce look like in the western territories in the Revolutionary period?

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80s movie fun: Ghostbusters. Are there any Modern buildings that were constructed by cultists to summon gods or bring about to he end times?

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A dog’s life in Ancient Rome

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What was life like for a concubine in any of the ‘famous’ harems.

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Why did Gorbachev give up power?

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What did American revolutionaries do with British royalists after the war?	11
In 1809 Samuel McHarry published "The Practical Distiller," an account of American distillation processes. Do we know anything about him as person and what inspired him to travel the newborn U.S. in search of it's distilling practices? Did others record American distilling practices before him?	10
Thermae Romae, or how I learned to stop worrying and ask r/askhistorians how elaborate Roman bathing culture under Hadrian actually was?	10
"Derry Girls:" How was homosexuality viewed in Northern Ireland in the 90's?	9
What were the rules of dueling and how could I have done it legally? What would have stopped me from just killing someone and claiming it was a duel after the fact?	9
I've heard that the U.S. Whiskey Rebellion was largely driven by the fact that farmers used corn whiskey as a currency and the whiskey taxes threatened their economy. Was paper currency unavailable o unpopular? What did commerce look like in the western territories in the Revolutionary period?	6
80s movie fun: Ghostbusters. Are there any Modern buildings that were constructed by cultists to summon gods or bring about to he end times?	6
A dog’s life in Ancient Rome	6
What was life like for a concubine in any of the ‘famous’ harems.	6
Why did Gorbachev give up power?	6