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Why were there so many Scandinavian and German immigrants in the American Midwest?

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How much truth is there to the story that Pope Clement VIII was about to ban coffee, then tasted it and said "This devil's drink is so delicious...we should cheat the devil by baptizing it"?

187 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Is it true that Aristotle told Alexander the Great that his army should boil water before drinking it?

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The species Brassica oleracea includes many common vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage. What kinds of genetic changes led to the diversification of this species?

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What effect(s) does polyploidy (whole genome duplication) have on the fitness of plants?

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Why do so many countries from the former Soviet Union have such a strong chess tradition?

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Where do the methyl groups used in DNA methylation derive from?

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How much truth is there to the story that Pope Clement VIII was about to ban coffee, then tasted it and said "This devil's drink is so delicious...we should cheat the devil by baptizing it"?

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To what extent did Al-Ghazali's doctrine of occasionalism effect Islamic science negatively?

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Could somebody who specialises in American history assess the historical accuracy of the article "Southern Slavery As It Was" written by two American pastors with Confederate sympathies?

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Why were there so many Scandinavian and German immigrants in the American Midwest?	1141	AskHistorians
How much truth is there to the story that Pope Clement VIII was about to ban coffee, then tasted it and said "This devil's drink is so delicious...we should cheat the devil by baptizing it"?	187	AskHistorians
Is it true that Aristotle told Alexander the Great that his army should boil water before drinking it?	107	AskHistorians
The species Brassica oleracea includes many common vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage. What kinds of genetic changes led to the diversification of this species?	95	askscience
What effect(s) does polyploidy (whole genome duplication) have on the fitness of plants?	62	askscience
Why do so many countries from the former Soviet Union have such a strong chess tradition?	59	AskHistorians
Where do the methyl groups used in DNA methylation derive from?	50	askscience
How much truth is there to the story that Pope Clement VIII was about to ban coffee, then tasted it and said "This devil's drink is so delicious...we should cheat the devil by baptizing it"?	43	AskHistorians
To what extent did Al-Ghazali's doctrine of occasionalism effect Islamic science negatively?	34	AskHistorians
Could somebody who specialises in American history assess the historical accuracy of the article "Southern Slavery As It Was" written by two American pastors with Confederate sympathies?	31	AskHistorians