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Do other animals have puberty: that is, a lengthy, years-long transition period into sexual maturity?

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

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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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Do carnivores or herbivores get more usable energy from their food?

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How did the Heian imperial court get to be so useless, and why weren't they overthrown sooner?

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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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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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Before Newton, how did people explain gravity? Were there scientific or religious explanations, or did people just not bother to question it?

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Are there any primary accounts about the virgin soil epidemic in America?

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Do other animals have puberty: that is, a lengthy, years-long transition period into sexual maturity?	3	askscience
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	AskHistorians
If I'm a normal Roman rural farmer, how would my life change when the Republic fell?	3	AskHistorians
How dangerous was it to be French during the French Revolution? Would, say, your average Parisian have reason to fear for their life?	3	AskHistorians
Do carnivores or herbivores get more usable energy from their food?	3	askscience
How did the Heian imperial court get to be so useless, and why weren't they overthrown sooner?	3	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
Before Newton, how did people explain gravity? Were there scientific or religious explanations, or did people just not bother to question it?	3	AskHistorians
Are there any primary accounts about the virgin soil epidemic in America?	2	AskHistorians