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In media, we usually see American slaves laboring in the fields under the hot sun. What did slaves do during the winter?	62
We often hear tales of Conquistadors eating their own shoes and belts, or peasants eating bread made partially with sawdust. Is there any historical accuracy to these stories, and if so why would people do that? Wouldn't it just make people sick as well as starving?	59
During the Nixon Impeachment, to what extent did people believe senators would vote to convict? Did media figures speculate on whether Nixon would ultimately be removed?	13
I've been told that after two years, most people had assumed the Lewis & Clark expedition had perished somewhere and were quite surprised at their successful return. Is this true?	11
Do non-Western historians, writing in their own languages and about their own cultures, use BC and AD, or some other "year zero"? If so, what is it?	9
Prior to WWII, what were the views of the French regarding Hitler, the Nazis, and Fascism?	6
We often hear about about tensions between the Western Allies and the USSR during WWII, but very little about tensions between the British and the Americans. Before and during WWII, how did the way Brits and Yanks see each other and the future postwar world evolve? What tensions were there?	5
I've read any number of thinkpieces on anti-Semitism in Europe prior to the holocaust, and on the opinions of various peoples that led to the holocaust. During the 18th and 19th and early 20th century, what were the opinions of Jews on various European peoples?	5
What did the urban citizenry do for fun and entertainment in South Vietnam? What was the nightlife like?	5
In movies and TV shows, like Chernobyl, the USSR is depicted is quite dingy. Is this accurate, or were Soviet industrial facilities fairly clean?	4

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