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Stephen Maturin, an accomplished fictional duelist, is shown using a trick sword with a "spring quillon" to disarm an opponent in a practice bout. Might a duelist of the period have done this kind of dirty trick, and would his peers have looked down on him for it if he did?

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Fiction from American history in the mid-20th century seems to usually depict fathers waiting outside (e.g. in a hospital waiting room) while their children are being born. When and why did it become normal to have the father in the same room during birth?

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The Imperial Household Law of 1947 has brought the Japanese Imperial House perilously close to extinction after thousands of years on the throne. Was this foreseen or intended? Who wrote this law and what were their goals?

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"The Guns of August" in the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Did Stalin, Richard Sorge, or other parts of the Soviet government know in advance about the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

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Importance of marital politics

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Was there anything resembling a "peace movement" in Great Britain during the American Revolution? If so, how did it express itself? Protests, lobbying, work stoppages, voting?

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Max Hoffman, a German military observer during the Russo-Japanese war, claimed to know of a fistfight between Russian generals Rennenkampf and Samsonov (later jointly the losers of the battle of Tannenberg). Is there any other source for this alleged incident?

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Ordnance Resupply in the Age of Sail

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Logistics/Supply Chain of the Old West

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Stephen Maturin, an accomplished fictional duelist, is shown using a trick sword with a "spring quillon" to disarm an opponent in a practice bout. Might a duelist of the period have done this kind of dirty trick, and would his peers have looked down on him for it if he did?	10
Fiction from American history in the mid-20th century seems to usually depict fathers waiting outside (e.g. in a hospital waiting room) while their children are being born. When and why did it become normal to have the father in the same room during birth?	10
The Imperial Household Law of 1947 has brought the Japanese Imperial House perilously close to extinction after thousands of years on the throne. Was this foreseen or intended? Who wrote this law and what were their goals?	9
"The Guns of August" in the Cuban Missile Crisis	8
Did Stalin, Richard Sorge, or other parts of the Soviet government know in advance about the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?	7
Importance of marital politics	7
Was there anything resembling a "peace movement" in Great Britain during the American Revolution? If so, how did it express itself? Protests, lobbying, work stoppages, voting?	7
Max Hoffman, a German military observer during the Russo-Japanese war, claimed to know of a fistfight between Russian generals Rennenkampf and Samsonov (later jointly the losers of the battle of Tannenberg). Is there any other source for this alleged incident?	7
Ordnance Resupply in the Age of Sail	7
Logistics/Supply Chain of the Old West	7