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Would a blacksmith in early 1880s US have an electric lathe in his workshop?

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Let's say that I'm a regular citizen that is living in New York in January 1918, and want to reach to Moscow alive, how likely would that be and how long?

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Did the allied governments know WWI or WWII was coming?

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Why did it take until around 1870s for industrial revolution to be truly felt in the Western World, despite modern engine being invented in 1780?

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How did the USA(and possibly the UK) manage to be such stable democracies in 19th/20th centuries when much of Europe was very authoritarian and had an unending wave of revolutions/coups?

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How did the official documents from late 18th and early 19th century look like?

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Why did European countries want each other's "lands" before World War I? Wasn't agricultural output from arable land a small percent of the developed countries economy already by 1914?

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Why were World War I tanks so slow?

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When did the typewriter font actually replace the classic handwriting in the official documents?

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Did anybody ever call for a total extermination of the Native Americans in the US?

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Would a blacksmith in early 1880s US have an electric lathe in his workshop?	2
Let's say that I'm a regular citizen that is living in New York in January 1918, and want to reach to Moscow alive, how likely would that be and how long?	2
Did the allied governments know WWI or WWII was coming?	2
Why did it take until around 1870s for industrial revolution to be truly felt in the Western World, despite modern engine being invented in 1780?	2
How did the USA(and possibly the UK) manage to be such stable democracies in 19th/20th centuries when much of Europe was very authoritarian and had an unending wave of revolutions/coups?	1
How did the official documents from late 18th and early 19th century look like?	1
Why did European countries want each other's "lands" before World War I? Wasn't agricultural output from arable land a small percent of the developed countries economy already by 1914?	1
Why were World War I tanks so slow?	1
When did the typewriter font actually replace the classic handwriting in the official documents?	1
Did anybody ever call for a total extermination of the Native Americans in the US?	1