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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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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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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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British Historians: I know that the political power of the British Monarchy began its decline as far back as the Magna Carta, and continued with the Engish Civil War and the Glorious Revolution, but at what point did the British monarchy become basically symbolic and without real power?

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Why do the Jews find the Western wall of the Temple Mount holy, when the Southern and Eastern walls are part of the same structure (and a lot more accessible) ?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
With all the major scientific advances from 1200 - 1850 , why did no one figure out that boiling water prevented disease ?	705
Could a black officer or non-com give orders to a white solder in WWII ?	124
Did Hitler's top generals realize that Operation Barbarossa was going lead to the defeat of Germany?	84
Why did Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine so easily give up their nuclear warheads to Russia after the dissolution of the USSR.	54
What was the South's attitude and reaction to Lincoln's Assassination	38
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
Why do some 18th and 19th century american grave stones have creepy skulls, skeletons or grim reaper engravings on them ?	22
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
British Historians: I know that the political power of the British Monarchy began its decline as far back as the Magna Carta, and continued with the Engish Civil War and the Glorious Revolution, but at what point did the British monarchy become basically symbolic and without real power?	7
Why do the Jews find the Western wall of the Temple Mount holy, when the Southern and Eastern walls are part of the same structure (and a lot more accessible) ?	6