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What was the status of free black people when slavery was common?

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When did divorce start to be legalized in Europe and America?

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What is the first historical reference to an explosion? Would the average person have been familiar with the idea before gunpowder?

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Why did people start using mercury to treat illness?

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Would George III actually have been called that during his reign, or is the number added after the fact by historians?

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If I'm a normal Roman rural farmer, how would my life change when the Republic fell?

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In medieval Europe, what was the Church's justification for the gulf between commoners and nobility? How did it justify hereditary serfdom, for instance?

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How dangerous was it to be French during the French Revolution? Would, say, your average Parisian have reason to fear for their life?

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So I just learned about the fall of Le Cap in the Haitian Revolution: a coup attempt degenerated into mass panic, resulting in widespread pillaging, almost total evacuation, and a devastating fire. So... are there any other cases where a city basically sacked itself?

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Was there a specific point in history where people started trying to shield children from knowledge and discussion of sex and violence? If not, when did we start and why?

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What was the status of free black people when slavery was common?	5
When did divorce start to be legalized in Europe and America?	5
What is the first historical reference to an explosion? Would the average person have been familiar with the idea before gunpowder?	5
Why did people start using mercury to treat illness?	5
Would George III actually have been called that during his reign, or is the number added after the fact by historians?	4
If I'm a normal Roman rural farmer, how would my life change when the Republic fell?	3
In medieval Europe, what was the Church's justification for the gulf between commoners and nobility? How did it justify hereditary serfdom, for instance?	3
How dangerous was it to be French during the French Revolution? Would, say, your average Parisian have reason to fear for their life?	3
So I just learned about the fall of Le Cap in the Haitian Revolution: a coup attempt degenerated into mass panic, resulting in widespread pillaging, almost total evacuation, and a devastating fire. So... are there any other cases where a city basically sacked itself?	3
Was there a specific point in history where people started trying to shield children from knowledge and discussion of sex and violence? If not, when did we start and why?	3