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With all the major scientific advances from 1200 - 1850 , why did no one figure out that boiling water prevented disease ?

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How can they positively test the DNA of King Richard III decedents when there has been so many generations of DNA changes since his death ?

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Could a black officer or non-com give orders to a white solder in WWII ?

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Did Hitler's top generals realize that Operation Barbarossa was going lead to the defeat of Germany?

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Why did Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine so easily give up their nuclear warheads to Russia after the dissolution of the USSR.

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What was the South's attitude and reaction to Lincoln's Assassination

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Does the Bering sea ever completely freeze over so that you could walk from mainland Russia to mainland Alaska?

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I often hear of a cannon being "Spiked" to prevent capture and use. What exactly was done to the guns to make them inoperable.

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Why do some 18th and 19th century american grave stones have creepy skulls, skeletons or grim reaper engravings on them ?

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Another question about the western wall. If the original wall was only 1/2 the height of the current wall, and the wall is a dirt retaining wall built by Herrod, does that mean that the location of the second temple is buried deep inside layers of dirt in the Temple Mount?

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With all the major scientific advances from 1200 - 1850 , why did no one figure out that boiling water prevented disease ?	705	AskHistorians
How can they positively test the DNA of King Richard III decedents when there has been so many generations of DNA changes since his death ?	170	askscience
Could a black officer or non-com give orders to a white solder in WWII ?	124	AskHistorians
Did Hitler's top generals realize that Operation Barbarossa was going lead to the defeat of Germany?	84	AskHistorians
Why did Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine so easily give up their nuclear warheads to Russia after the dissolution of the USSR.	54	AskHistorians
What was the South's attitude and reaction to Lincoln's Assassination	38	AskHistorians
Does the Bering sea ever completely freeze over so that you could walk from mainland Russia to mainland Alaska?	31	askscience
I often hear of a cannon being "Spiked" to prevent capture and use. What exactly was done to the guns to make them inoperable.	30	AskHistorians
Why do some 18th and 19th century american grave stones have creepy skulls, skeletons or grim reaper engravings on them ?	22	AskHistorians
Another question about the western wall. If the original wall was only 1/2 the height of the current wall, and the wall is a dirt retaining wall built by Herrod, does that mean that the location of the second temple is buried deep inside layers of dirt in the Temple Mount?	9	AskHistorians