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In 1872, Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennie Claflin exposed the rape of two 15-year old girls after a masked ball, saying there was no road left open to them but "the prostitute's road to hell". Was that true? Would they have had other options? NSFW	301
What Polynesian-led resistance to French nuclear testing in the South Pacific during 1960s-1990s was there?	12
If I’m a shore whaler in New Zealand in the 1830s-1840s: what does my life look like, what are my cultural influences, traditions, superstitions and what technology do I use to capture and kill whales?	8
What were common ways children and teens were trafficked into sex work in 1870s New York. How might a teen from a neighboring state end up in a brothel in NYC? NSFW	5
In what sort of context might a British-Indian soldier in Iraq in 1943-1944 have met and married an Assyrian woman?	3
How intertwined was the (French) Polynesian independence movement with anti-nuclear stances and opposition to nuclear testing in the pacific during the 1960s-1990s?	3
What are the little square and irregular-shaped borders apparent on the map near Chaco Culture Historical Park and how did they get there?	1
Breadfruit, the HMS Bounty and British naval exploration’s role in chattel slavery: how do they fit together?	1
In ‘Jamaica Inn’, Joss Merlyn confesses to dampening the bells on bell buoys during fog to lure ships to wreck on the rocks. Was this actually a method used by wreckers (in Cornwall or anywhere) and would it have been effective at luring ships?	1
In ‘Jamaica Inn’, Joss Merlyn confesses to dampening the bells on bell buoys during fog to lure ships to wreck on the rocks. Was this actually a method used by wreckers (in Cornwall or anywhere) and would it have been effective at luring ships?	1

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