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I'm an orphaned 5 year-old with no known relatives in 1800-era U.S.A. What is most likely going to happen to me?

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Native Americans falling victim to a multitude of diseases brought by Europeans to which Natives had no immunity is fairly common knowledge. But are there diseases to which Native Americans (or particular regional tribes) had a built-up resistance, but to which Euro-Americans did not?

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President Harry Truman remains fairly well known for the motto on his desk, "The buck stops here." Are there any other Presidents who had such mottoes that were famous in their day but have since faded from collective memory?

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What is the historiography and current accepted thought behind whether Rick Deckard was a replicant or a human?

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I'm an orphaned 5 year-old with no known relatives in 1800-era U.S.A. What is most likely going to happen to me?	19
Native Americans falling victim to a multitude of diseases brought by Europeans to which Natives had no immunity is fairly common knowledge. But are there diseases to which Native Americans (or particular regional tribes) had a built-up resistance, but to which Euro-Americans did not?	2
President Harry Truman remains fairly well known for the motto on his desk, "The buck stops here." Are there any other Presidents who had such mottoes that were famous in their day but have since faded from collective memory?	2
What is the historiography and current accepted thought behind whether Rick Deckard was a replicant or a human?	1