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How common was PTSD during the crusades? Did it shape the interpretation of hell?

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As we know today a lot of poisons need some time to take effect. How useful were food tasters employed to prevent poisoning for their kings / rulers really? Was the profession a placebo?

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"Highly advanced cultures" existed for millennia, yet most reached a point of technological stagnation. Which factors allowed Europe to succeed where so many cultures have failed? Birthing innovations in steam and electricity. Was is a set of ingenious individuals or a product of social structures?

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When fund-raising Unicef & co classically display "the African" as poor, malnourished and unable to care for himself. In many rural regions (of Europe) those billboards are the only time natives ever have seen POC. To what extend have those 20th century campaigns shaped modern racism?

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Was there any important historical figure who had allegedly been poisoned, but it ultimately was just a food allergy?

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When and why did the English language shift to the use of "they" (plural) instead of "it" (singular) in place of "he" or "she" when is comes to describing a person of unspecified gender?

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How common was PTSD during the crusades? Did it shape the interpretation of hell?	4488
As we know today a lot of poisons need some time to take effect. How useful were food tasters employed to prevent poisoning for their kings / rulers really? Was the profession a placebo?	1917
"Highly advanced cultures" existed for millennia, yet most reached a point of technological stagnation. Which factors allowed Europe to succeed where so many cultures have failed? Birthing innovations in steam and electricity. Was is a set of ingenious individuals or a product of social structures?	18
When fund-raising Unicef & co classically display "the African" as poor, malnourished and unable to care for himself. In many rural regions (of Europe) those billboards are the only time natives ever have seen POC. To what extend have those 20th century campaigns shaped modern racism?	8
Was there any important historical figure who had allegedly been poisoned, but it ultimately was just a food allergy?	1
When and why did the English language shift to the use of "they" (plural) instead of "it" (singular) in place of "he" or "she" when is comes to describing a person of unspecified gender?	0