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Before the invention of the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, how did people talk about temperature? Did they just say “kinda hot/very cold/super hot/a little cold,” or did they have more precise language?
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How different was the life of a farmer or an artisan in, for example, Lusitania, during the reign of a "good" emperor (Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius) vs. a "bad" emperor (Caligula, Nero, Commodus)?
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During the War of 1812, the United States’ war effort was financed in large part by loans from a British merchant bank, Barings. How was it possible for a British financial institution to directly support an enemy state at a time of war?
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The subreddit antiwork recently posted a meme claiming that Medieval peasants had at least 150 days off of work a year. How true is this and did they get any days off?
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The atrocities of Nazi Germany are widely documented and studied relatively extensively in high school. Why are the atrocities of early 20th century Russia and the Former Soviet Union relatively glossed over?
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