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Western science pop-histories often mention court scientists in ancient China, but they never any great discoveries, inventors, or theorists, and frequently include tales of capricious kings killing them for failures. Is this an accurate depiction of ineffectual bureaucratized superstition?
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How were different Asian ancestries distinguished during the era of Japanese internment camps? (ie; was there a process of verifying Japanese ancestry or were all Asians liable to be sent to one?)
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Did the early Viking contact with the native americans lead to any disastrous disease outbreak like later contacts with european?
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