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My devout Catholic grandmother didn’t stop getting pregnant after 12 live births and several miscarriages/stillbirths despite increased risk with age. There is a family rumor that the Catholic hospital that treated her “diagnosed” her with ovarian cancer. Is there any validity to this rumor?

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Abandoned mines are dangerous, what will their roles be for future archaeologist? Is there any potential value in the abandoned mines from say the 19th & 20th century?

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How was the integration of Jewish mystical thought in European occult studies justified in such an anti-semitic atmosphere?

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How was cousin marriage see by peasants in Late Medieval Europe?

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How correct is the claim that Marlborough deplored treatment of civilians by the French under Turenne ?

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So in the early Christian Church, what standards made a council ecumenical?

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How many suicides were by firearm in late 1700s America? What was the most common way to commit suicide if not by firearm?

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What kind of succession did medieval or early modern Muslim realms follow?

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How far did Lee's health affect the conduct of the Overland Campaign?

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How historically accurate is the siege equipment in the movie Kingdom of Heaven?

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My devout Catholic grandmother didn’t stop getting pregnant after 12 live births and several miscarriages/stillbirths despite increased risk with age. There is a family rumor that the Catholic hospital that treated her “diagnosed” her with ovarian cancer. Is there any validity to this rumor?	7
Abandoned mines are dangerous, what will their roles be for future archaeologist? Is there any potential value in the abandoned mines from say the 19th & 20th century?	7
How was the integration of Jewish mystical thought in European occult studies justified in such an anti-semitic atmosphere?	7
How was cousin marriage see by peasants in Late Medieval Europe?	7
How correct is the claim that Marlborough deplored treatment of civilians by the French under Turenne ?	7
So in the early Christian Church, what standards made a council ecumenical?	7
How many suicides were by firearm in late 1700s America? What was the most common way to commit suicide if not by firearm?	7
What kind of succession did medieval or early modern Muslim realms follow?	7
How far did Lee's health affect the conduct of the Overland Campaign?	7
How historically accurate is the siege equipment in the movie Kingdom of Heaven?	7