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Modern militaries and police teach that the finger should be off the trigger until you're ready to shoot. When did this idea of "trigger discipline" first become widespread? Would Revolutionary War soldiers have observed this practice?

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In WWII, General Eisenhower gave 2 French pilots p40s, but they defected to Vichy France. Why did these pilots defect? How did the Vichy government receive them?

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How did the "standard" college experience become a 4-year process, and when did college stop being a 4-year process for the average student?

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If a virus infected an embryo, would this result in permanent genetic damage to the resulting offspring? And are there viruses that target embryos?

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When did people first start complaining about Christmas music being played before Thanksgiving?

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When did popular American discourse start referring to communism as "godless"?

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How was Christmas different for black and white families in 1950s America?

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When did Arabs first learn about the United States of America?

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Did Hitler really use manifest destiny as an inspiration for the final solution?

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There's a common saying that "during a gold rush, sell shovels." What would a "shovel seller" have looked like in the California Gold Rush, and how rich would they have gotten?

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Modern militaries and police teach that the finger should be off the trigger until you're ready to shoot. When did this idea of "trigger discipline" first become widespread? Would Revolutionary War soldiers have observed this practice?	2	AskHistorians
In WWII, General Eisenhower gave 2 French pilots p40s, but they defected to Vichy France. Why did these pilots defect? How did the Vichy government receive them?	1	AskHistorians
How did the "standard" college experience become a 4-year process, and when did college stop being a 4-year process for the average student?	1	AskHistorians
If a virus infected an embryo, would this result in permanent genetic damage to the resulting offspring? And are there viruses that target embryos?	1	askscience
When did people first start complaining about Christmas music being played before Thanksgiving?	1	AskHistorians
When did popular American discourse start referring to communism as "godless"?	1	AskHistorians
How was Christmas different for black and white families in 1950s America?	1	AskHistorians
When did Arabs first learn about the United States of America?	1	AskHistorians
Did Hitler really use manifest destiny as an inspiration for the final solution?	1	AskHistorians
There's a common saying that "during a gold rush, sell shovels." What would a "shovel seller" have looked like in the California Gold Rush, and how rich would they have gotten?	1	AskHistorians