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Before Jack the Ripper were most people (in Europe or America) aware that there were individuals who might kill just because they wanted to, rather than as a means to at end?

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In Agora (film about Hypatia of alexandria) one of the Christian zealots claims that the world is at the bottom of a Giant chest with all the celestial objects stuck to the top, when someone mentions the Ptolemaic model. Was that really a common laymen superstition in the 400s?

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when groups from England were setting up colonies in North America in the 1600s/1700s did they always bring all their domestic animals with them from Britain, or did some groups just buy them when they got there?

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the capitals of the various Saxon kingdoms that existed around AD 700 (Tamworth, York, Chichester etc) how meany people likely actually lived in them year round? how do they compare to London by the time it become the capital for all England?

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in the biopic Race its a plot point that Jesse Owens gets to go first class on the ship ride to Germany. Were black people aloud to ride first class on american ships in 1936?

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When did air travel overtake Ocean Liners as the primary way for people to travel back and fourth between North America and Europe?

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what was the first town or city to have an elected mayor?

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has any one ever gone directly from being the mayor of a city to being the US president? if "no" has anyone ever at least come close?

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the images on modern coins are much more realistic than those on ancient coins, is that because the ancients did not have magnifying lenses?

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we tend to romanticise the idea of shops that sell a variety items, donated or pawned, 120 years ago, when pawn shops where all over Europe and america, how were they commonly viewed?

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Before Jack the Ripper were most people (in Europe or America) aware that there were individuals who might kill just because they wanted to, rather than as a means to at end?	1	AskHistorians
In Agora (film about Hypatia of alexandria) one of the Christian zealots claims that the world is at the bottom of a Giant chest with all the celestial objects stuck to the top, when someone mentions the Ptolemaic model. Was that really a common laymen superstition in the 400s?	1	AskHistorians
when groups from England were setting up colonies in North America in the 1600s/1700s did they always bring all their domestic animals with them from Britain, or did some groups just buy them when they got there?	1	AskHistorians
the capitals of the various Saxon kingdoms that existed around AD 700 (Tamworth, York, Chichester etc) how meany people likely actually lived in them year round? how do they compare to London by the time it become the capital for all England?	1	AskHistorians
in the biopic Race its a plot point that Jesse Owens gets to go first class on the ship ride to Germany. Were black people aloud to ride first class on american ships in 1936?	1	AskHistorians
When did air travel overtake Ocean Liners as the primary way for people to travel back and fourth between North America and Europe?	1	AskHistorians
what was the first town or city to have an elected mayor?	1	AskHistorians
has any one ever gone directly from being the mayor of a city to being the US president? if "no" has anyone ever at least come close?	1	AskHistorians
the images on modern coins are much more realistic than those on ancient coins, is that because the ancients did not have magnifying lenses?	1	AskHistorians
we tend to romanticise the idea of shops that sell a variety items, donated or pawned, 120 years ago, when pawn shops where all over Europe and america, how were they commonly viewed?	1	AskHistorians