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In Assassins creed:black flag there are a number of large forts scatteted across the carribean.Are any of these forts real?How useful were they?Did pirates really storm them? Can any of these forts be cross referenced with a real world location?

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My Belgian grandfather is convinced king Albert I was murdered. Is there any evidence for this?

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Why wasn’t Bruce Ismay charged with negligent manslaughter after the Titanic sunk?

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Slavery in the Wild West

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Aristotle was the first person to study biology systematically on the basis of empirical observation. What might have inspired him to do something so unprecedented? What was the status of empirical observation in his period?

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Accents in old England

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According to Wikipedia, ancient Egyptians referred to electric fish as “Thunderers of the Nile”. Were they aware that the electricity from such fish and lightning are the same kind of thing?

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When and how did the typical offerings of salad dressings come to be? Ranch, French, Italian, Thousand Island, Blue Cheese...

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How did Japan become such a cultural superpower?

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To what extent has mainstream historiography remained Eurocentric?

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In Assassins creed:black flag there are a number of large forts scatteted across the carribean.Are any of these forts real?How useful were they?Did pirates really storm them? Can any of these forts be cross referenced with a real world location?	29
My Belgian grandfather is convinced king Albert I was murdered. Is there any evidence for this?	29
Why wasn’t Bruce Ismay charged with negligent manslaughter after the Titanic sunk?	29
Slavery in the Wild West	29
Aristotle was the first person to study biology systematically on the basis of empirical observation. What might have inspired him to do something so unprecedented? What was the status of empirical observation in his period?	29
Accents in old England	29
According to Wikipedia, ancient Egyptians referred to electric fish as “Thunderers of the Nile”. Were they aware that the electricity from such fish and lightning are the same kind of thing?	29
When and how did the typical offerings of salad dressings come to be? Ranch, French, Italian, Thousand Island, Blue Cheese...	29
How did Japan become such a cultural superpower?	29
To what extent has mainstream historiography remained Eurocentric?	29