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"Most black families in the US have been here longer than probably half of white families." True?

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In one of his stories, Sherlock Holmes says to another character that he hopes to see the Great Britain and the US combined into one nation. Was this a common sentiment of the era?

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How did engineers before algebra calculus know their massive buildings wouldn't collapse? What sort of math, plans or processes did they use to determine what was a sound structure and what wasn't?

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When did international volunteers for wars become so popular?

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With all of the information we're currently storing and gathering, will there ever be such a thing as 'too much history' to deal with?

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Soviet Russia and the Orthodox Church.

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Is there any truth to Air America buying and selling opium to fund efforts in Vietnam?

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Zinn's 'A People's History'.

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I saw a random reddit comment, where they claimed 40% of the Union army during the US Civil War was composed of pro-democratic recent immigrants who wanted to fight for the cause of abolition. Is that true?

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Was there a panic associated with the Printing Press?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
"Most black families in the US have been here longer than probably half of white families." True?	126
In one of his stories, Sherlock Holmes says to another character that he hopes to see the Great Britain and the US combined into one nation. Was this a common sentiment of the era?	42
How did engineers before algebra calculus know their massive buildings wouldn't collapse? What sort of math, plans or processes did they use to determine what was a sound structure and what wasn't?	24
When did international volunteers for wars become so popular?	11
With all of the information we're currently storing and gathering, will there ever be such a thing as 'too much history' to deal with?	7
Soviet Russia and the Orthodox Church.	7
Is there any truth to Air America buying and selling opium to fund efforts in Vietnam?	6
Zinn's 'A People's History'.	4
I saw a random reddit comment, where they claimed 40% of the Union army during the US Civil War was composed of pro-democratic recent immigrants who wanted to fight for the cause of abolition. Is that true?	3
Was there a panic associated with the Printing Press?	3