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When, why, and how did New World tomatoes and peppers become so ubiquitous in Italian cuisine?

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In "I, Claudius", Claudius warns Gemellus "it's not good for you to eat all that pastry: that's what clogs the chest." Did Roman doctors in fact know that fatty foods cause arteriosclerosis?

439 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Are people with Down Syndrome documented in the ancient world, and if so how were they perceived and treated?

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"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." What are the other things?

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Spain's Franco negotiated to join the Axis Powers on condition to take some British and French colonies and territory. Why didn't Hitler agree?

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IAMA(n) American working in Japan for a Japanese company, speak/read Japanese, have only one non-Japanese friend; total immersion. AMA

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Is it possible there are forces weaker than gravity that we haven't discovered?

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Why did the region of present-day California and Oregon have a far more diverse population of Native American bands than the rest of North America?

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When and from whom did Gerald Ford learn Nixon had decided to resign and Ford would become President?

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At what point in the war did regular daily civic life break down in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, and were there areas which maintained a sense of normalcy through until surrender?

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When, why, and how did New World tomatoes and peppers become so ubiquitous in Italian cuisine?	1608	AskHistorians
In "I, Claudius", Claudius warns Gemellus "it's not good for you to eat all that pastry: that's what clogs the chest." Did Roman doctors in fact know that fatty foods cause arteriosclerosis?	439	AskHistorians
Are people with Down Syndrome documented in the ancient world, and if so how were they perceived and treated?	42	AskHistorians
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." What are the other things?	40	AskHistorians
Spain's Franco negotiated to join the Axis Powers on condition to take some British and French colonies and territory. Why didn't Hitler agree?	22	AskHistorians
IAMA(n) American working in Japan for a Japanese company, speak/read Japanese, have only one non-Japanese friend; total immersion. AMA	22	IAmA
Is it possible there are forces weaker than gravity that we haven't discovered?	20	askscience
Why did the region of present-day California and Oregon have a far more diverse population of Native American bands than the rest of North America?	17	AskHistorians
When and from whom did Gerald Ford learn Nixon had decided to resign and Ford would become President?	9	AskHistorians
At what point in the war did regular daily civic life break down in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, and were there areas which maintained a sense of normalcy through until surrender?	7	AskHistorians