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My roommate pretty much can't see a thing until she puts her glasses on in the morning. Today, she wondered aloud: "How did they deal with this in the Medieval era?"

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I just read an article about how I can travel across country for $213 on Amtrak. How much would the trip have cost me in, say, the mid-1800s?

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American here. Is there ANY historical precedent, at any time in any country's history, for what's going on here in the US right now? (vis-a-vis the police shootings, Dallas last night, Black Lives Matter, etc...)

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My roommate pretty much can't see a thing until she puts her glasses on in the morning. Today, she wondered aloud: "How did they deal with this in the Medieval era?"	444
I just read an article about how I can travel across country for $213 on Amtrak. How much would the trip have cost me in, say, the mid-1800s?	26
American here. Is there ANY historical precedent, at any time in any country's history, for what's going on here in the US right now? (vis-a-vis the police shootings, Dallas last night, Black Lives Matter, etc...)	8