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Why does New Jersey have no big cities? How'd it become so fragmented?

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It's a common trope in 19th century fiction for a character to descend into insanity. What would 19th century "insanity" mean in modern medical terms?

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I'm Jake Berman. I wrote "The Lost Subways of North America." Let's talk about why transit in the US and Canada is so bad compared to the rest of the developed world. AMA.

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Did ancient physicians know about food allergies?

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Tennis has a weird scoring system. Where does it come from?

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What did the people of Alsace think of being switched from France to Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?

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In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo goes to an ordinary pharmacy (or apothecary) to get a deadly poison, with which he kills himself. Would ordinary 17th-century apothecaries always have deadly poisons on hand?

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How did the Mongols manage to win sieges so quickly?

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How common was it for 19th-century European families to have a legal ward? Is young ward just a plot trope, or was it actually common?

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Why did Somalia fall apart in 1991?

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Why does New Jersey have no big cities? How'd it become so fragmented?	4685	AskHistorians
It's a common trope in 19th century fiction for a character to descend into insanity. What would 19th century "insanity" mean in modern medical terms?	1667	AskHistorians
I'm Jake Berman. I wrote "The Lost Subways of North America." Let's talk about why transit in the US and Canada is so bad compared to the rest of the developed world. AMA.	1241	AskHistorians
Did ancient physicians know about food allergies?	549	AskHistorians
Tennis has a weird scoring system. Where does it come from?	411	AskHistorians
What did the people of Alsace think of being switched from France to Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?	410	AskHistorians
In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo goes to an ordinary pharmacy (or apothecary) to get a deadly poison, with which he kills himself. Would ordinary 17th-century apothecaries always have deadly poisons on hand?	346	AskHistorians
How did the Mongols manage to win sieges so quickly?	328	AskHistorians
How common was it for 19th-century European families to have a legal ward? Is young ward just a plot trope, or was it actually common?	324	AskHistorians
Why did Somalia fall apart in 1991?	182	AskHistorians