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Did Karl Marx arm himself? If so, with what?

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Did hangmen actually wear black hoods?

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The movie Patton claimed General George S. Patton believed he could remember living and fighting in past lives. Was this apocryphal, for movie drama, or did he actually claim this? Also, how extensively was his death investigated after the war?

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Did Jesus think he was the son of God? Did he want his followers to break away from Judaism?

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Why were Britain and Portugal "historic allies": why did it start and why did it continue?

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How were native americans able to resist slavery in North America? Considering the cost of importing slaves from Africa why wasn't the enslaving of natives much more widely practiced?

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Why is the Transmediterranean slave trade left out of historiography despite being a considerable phenomenon ?

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Were there other names under consideration for the United States of America prior to the declaration of independence?

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I've been taught that when Europeans found the new world, they brought with them many diseases that wiped out the native American population. but- wouldn't this work both ways? wouldnt the colonists encounter new diseases in America that they had no immunity to?

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Was there any form of public transport in the Roman Empire similar to what we find today in that it had standardised routes and fees?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did Karl Marx arm himself? If so, with what?	968
Did hangmen actually wear black hoods?	963
The movie Patton claimed General George S. Patton believed he could remember living and fighting in past lives. Was this apocryphal, for movie drama, or did he actually claim this? Also, how extensively was his death investigated after the war?	961
Did Jesus think he was the son of God? Did he want his followers to break away from Judaism?	957
Why were Britain and Portugal "historic allies": why did it start and why did it continue?	954
How were native americans able to resist slavery in North America? Considering the cost of importing slaves from Africa why wasn't the enslaving of natives much more widely practiced?	953
Why is the Transmediterranean slave trade left out of historiography despite being a considerable phenomenon ?	946
Were there other names under consideration for the United States of America prior to the declaration of independence?	944
I've been taught that when Europeans found the new world, they brought with them many diseases that wiped out the native American population. but- wouldn't this work both ways? wouldnt the colonists encounter new diseases in America that they had no immunity to?	931
Was there any form of public transport in the Roman Empire similar to what we find today in that it had standardised routes and fees?	930