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Are the Wright Brothers equal? Or do we lump them togther for convenience?

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The United States of Vespucci's: or why didn't Amerigo Vespucci use his last name to name the continent?

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In many Yiddish stories, there is a local (Russian/Eastern European) landowner/aristocrat known as the "poritz" - who were they?

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From my family history: My family claims to have a letter absolving my family from combat positions in WWI because we had uncles "on the other side." Would this be unusual?

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How is Robspierre and the French Revolution seen in Haiti?

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Was the Roman Destruction of the Jewish Temple an expected and planned consequence of defeating Judean Rebels? Was it understood to be permanent once they did destroy it?

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A question on religious ideas in the middle ages/Renaissance. Or the seeming oblivious hypocracy of Henry VIII

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Contemporaneously, how widely known were Japanese internment camps in the US? Was there any significant opposition?

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How did Allied WWII leaders get to and from their conferences (Yalta, Cairo, Tehran, etc.) safely?

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I'm an ethical time traveler: When can I kill Hitler to prevent the Holocaust?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are the Wright Brothers equal? Or do we lump them togther for convenience?	197
The United States of Vespucci's: or why didn't Amerigo Vespucci use his last name to name the continent?	26
In many Yiddish stories, there is a local (Russian/Eastern European) landowner/aristocrat known as the "poritz" - who were they?	18
From my family history: My family claims to have a letter absolving my family from combat positions in WWI because we had uncles "on the other side." Would this be unusual?	6
How is Robspierre and the French Revolution seen in Haiti?	6
Was the Roman Destruction of the Jewish Temple an expected and planned consequence of defeating Judean Rebels? Was it understood to be permanent once they did destroy it?	4
A question on religious ideas in the middle ages/Renaissance. Or the seeming oblivious hypocracy of Henry VIII	3
Contemporaneously, how widely known were Japanese internment camps in the US? Was there any significant opposition?	3
How did Allied WWII leaders get to and from their conferences (Yalta, Cairo, Tehran, etc.) safely?	2
I'm an ethical time traveler: When can I kill Hitler to prevent the Holocaust?	1