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What are some good history-related Twitter accounts I should be following?

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Why is the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in 1914 so little-known compared to the Titanic? It was just as much of a scandal and led to comparable loss of life.

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Is the idea of governments having "secret super-science programs" a purely modern development? Or did any 19th/18th/even earlier century powers have science programs that weren't made public?

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Is there a history of slavery in Asia (specifically in China, Japan and/or India)? If so, how did it end?

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What do we know about how pre-contact Central and South American peoples viewed non-hetero sexualities?

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During WWII, did scientists, historians and other academics from opposing powers keep in touch with each other to keep up their work? Did anyone try to stop them from doing so?

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After the abolition of slavery in Britain and its colonies, was there any similar popular movement against the Royal Navy's practice of kidnapping free Britons for hard labor through press-ganging?

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During the great age of European exploration, were there explorers from India/China/Arabia/etc. setting out on journeys in the opposite direction? For example, were there Indian explorers trying to find a passage to Europe?

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During the great rush to develop colonies in Africa, did any non-European, non-African-continental powers try to stake new claims to African territory?

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What was the world's reaction to the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family?

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What are some good history-related Twitter accounts I should be following?	8
Why is the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in 1914 so little-known compared to the Titanic? It was just as much of a scandal and led to comparable loss of life.	8
Is the idea of governments having "secret super-science programs" a purely modern development? Or did any 19th/18th/even earlier century powers have science programs that weren't made public?	7
Is there a history of slavery in Asia (specifically in China, Japan and/or India)? If so, how did it end?	7
What do we know about how pre-contact Central and South American peoples viewed non-hetero sexualities?	7
During WWII, did scientists, historians and other academics from opposing powers keep in touch with each other to keep up their work? Did anyone try to stop them from doing so?	7
After the abolition of slavery in Britain and its colonies, was there any similar popular movement against the Royal Navy's practice of kidnapping free Britons for hard labor through press-ganging?	7
During the great age of European exploration, were there explorers from India/China/Arabia/etc. setting out on journeys in the opposite direction? For example, were there Indian explorers trying to find a passage to Europe?	7
During the great rush to develop colonies in Africa, did any non-European, non-African-continental powers try to stake new claims to African territory?	7
What was the world's reaction to the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family?	6