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It's 1943 in Warsaw. I've hidden a Jew in my house, but they've died. What do I do now?

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I know that in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but how long was it before common people accepted the new world? How would I, a peasant in the English countryside hear about it?

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I'm an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. How often would I switch ships?

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What was the vetting process for people wanting to be Christian monks in the medieval era? Could anyone join, or were certain classes/races not permitted?

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How did quick sand permeate pop culture so thoroughly? And why do we all have the wrong idea about how quick sand works?

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I am one of only two people in my friends group who do not need glasses. What would people do in the middle ages when this happened to them? Was needing glasses in the first place even as prevalent in the 1300s?

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I've read that Edith Ellis was openly lesbian during the late Victorian era. What would this mean, socially? Would she be banned from certain places? Shunned by those who knew?

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Sailors have always navigated by the stars, but what did they really understand about them?

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I've read that people already knew that Pompeii was a volcano when it exploded -- how far back did we know about volcanoes?

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How seriously did people take superstitions in the medieval period?

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It's 1943 in Warsaw. I've hidden a Jew in my house, but they've died. What do I do now?	233
I know that in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but how long was it before common people accepted the new world? How would I, a peasant in the English countryside hear about it?	173
I'm an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. How often would I switch ships?	54
What was the vetting process for people wanting to be Christian monks in the medieval era? Could anyone join, or were certain classes/races not permitted?	45
How did quick sand permeate pop culture so thoroughly? And why do we all have the wrong idea about how quick sand works?	31
I am one of only two people in my friends group who do not need glasses. What would people do in the middle ages when this happened to them? Was needing glasses in the first place even as prevalent in the 1300s?	24
I've read that Edith Ellis was openly lesbian during the late Victorian era. What would this mean, socially? Would she be banned from certain places? Shunned by those who knew?	17
Sailors have always navigated by the stars, but what did they really understand about them?	13
I've read that people already knew that Pompeii was a volcano when it exploded -- how far back did we know about volcanoes?	7
How seriously did people take superstitions in the medieval period?	5