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How did people in the old days I.e. 13, 14. 15th Europe etc where able to live in filth and not die of infection, where nowdays I see everyone freaking disinfecting the shopping carriages while hacking out a lung?

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If I want to feel like I've lived or been living in ancient Europe or England between 1010 and 1600 then what film/show/historical documentary or a non 300 page book that I could watch/read to deacribe/show that experience?

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Seeing all the differences in dialect over the centuries makes me wonder how did people/merchants/nobility communicate between different regions of ancient Europe (10th to 17th century)?

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Was WW2 avoidable or was Hitlers thirst for land and power so massive that he would have continued on annexing more land? Would there be an end-state to the expansion?

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What were the "sweats" in the British disease books in the 15th century?!

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How easy would it be for a scamming thief to make a living and keep his identity a "sceret" while traveling around let say 14th century Europe?

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So Germany refused to use gas during WW2 but if gas was used during the London Blitz then wouldn't it change the outcome of the British invasion?

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Where did the angelic representation came from?

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How well stoked were the stores in the wild west towns? In the game red dead redemption you would order stuff off a catalogue and then have it delivered, is that how it worked (besides the basic goods?)

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How did USA became a superpower?

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How did people in the old days I.e. 13, 14. 15th Europe etc where able to live in filth and not die of infection, where nowdays I see everyone freaking disinfecting the shopping carriages while hacking out a lung?	2
If I want to feel like I've lived or been living in ancient Europe or England between 1010 and 1600 then what film/show/historical documentary or a non 300 page book that I could watch/read to deacribe/show that experience?	2
Seeing all the differences in dialect over the centuries makes me wonder how did people/merchants/nobility communicate between different regions of ancient Europe (10th to 17th century)?	2
Was WW2 avoidable or was Hitlers thirst for land and power so massive that he would have continued on annexing more land? Would there be an end-state to the expansion?	2
What were the "sweats" in the British disease books in the 15th century?!	2
How easy would it be for a scamming thief to make a living and keep his identity a "sceret" while traveling around let say 14th century Europe?	2
So Germany refused to use gas during WW2 but if gas was used during the London Blitz then wouldn't it change the outcome of the British invasion?	2
Where did the angelic representation came from?	2
How well stoked were the stores in the wild west towns? In the game red dead redemption you would order stuff off a catalogue and then have it delivered, is that how it worked (besides the basic goods?)	2
How did USA became a superpower?	2