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Did anyone emigrate to Ireland during the Potato Famine?

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Before it became associated with the period of a 133 Caesium atom, what was the consensus as to how long a second was?

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Why didn't Europeans colonize Africa before America?

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According to some estimates, Europe and China reached populations of about 100-150m in the High Middle Ages, respectively. If the Plague caused about the same number of deaths in both regions, why is the latter's current population nearly double the former's?

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The 14th century French cardinal Pierre d'Ailly once prophesised that the year 1789 would mark the coming of the Antichrist. Did anyone in France that year make the connection between d'Ailly's prophecy and the beginning of the French Revolution?

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How did New World explorers get ships to the Pacific Ocean? Did they have to build them entirely in the Pacific coast?

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Did the people in the sinosphere in the 16th century (China, Japan, Korea, etc.) have diseases that could potentially annihilate native Americans, were they to colonise the Americas?

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My experience with the paranormal, and how I became a spiritual person

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Why didn't Cairo, IL, become an important city, given its strategic location?

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Why did the Meiji Restoration succeed where the Self-Strengthening Movement failed, if both reforms had the same goals?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did anyone emigrate to Ireland during the Potato Famine?	15	AskHistorians
Before it became associated with the period of a 133 Caesium atom, what was the consensus as to how long a second was?	13	askscience
Why didn't Europeans colonize Africa before America?	12	AskHistorians
According to some estimates, Europe and China reached populations of about 100-150m in the High Middle Ages, respectively. If the Plague caused about the same number of deaths in both regions, why is the latter's current population nearly double the former's?	12	AskHistorians
The 14th century French cardinal Pierre d'Ailly once prophesised that the year 1789 would mark the coming of the Antichrist. Did anyone in France that year make the connection between d'Ailly's prophecy and the beginning of the French Revolution?	12	AskHistorians
How did New World explorers get ships to the Pacific Ocean? Did they have to build them entirely in the Pacific coast?	11	AskHistorians
Did the people in the sinosphere in the 16th century (China, Japan, Korea, etc.) have diseases that could potentially annihilate native Americans, were they to colonise the Americas?	10	AskHistorians
My experience with the paranormal, and how I became a spiritual person	10	Paranormal
Why didn't Cairo, IL, become an important city, given its strategic location?	10	AskHistorians
Why did the Meiji Restoration succeed where the Self-Strengthening Movement failed, if both reforms had the same goals?	9	AskHistorians