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Assume there were actually malicious witches in Salem. Was there anything else unusual about the trials for the time?

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What type of maps were used in classrooms before the 20th century?

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Is it likely that this location (see text) used to be a Roman or Etruscan village?

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How much would the public have understood the 1919 news about the confirmation of Einstein's theories?

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If you could re-run history with all human actions shifted by three days (stuff that happened on June 1 happens on June 4), what events would be the most different?

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We hear a lot about how devastating European diseases were for American natives, but what about the other way around? Did European sailors take any indigenous American diseases home?

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Did someone living away from Rome understand his citizenship to be of the city or of the broader empire?

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Assume there were actually malicious witches in Salem. Was there anything else unusual about the trials for the time?	1
What type of maps were used in classrooms before the 20th century?	1
Is it likely that this location (see text) used to be a Roman or Etruscan village?	1
How much would the public have understood the 1919 news about the confirmation of Einstein's theories?	1
If you could re-run history with all human actions shifted by three days (stuff that happened on June 1 happens on June 4), what events would be the most different?	1
We hear a lot about how devastating European diseases were for American natives, but what about the other way around? Did European sailors take any indigenous American diseases home?	1
Did someone living away from Rome understand his citizenship to be of the city or of the broader empire?	1