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The Catholic Church’s reaction to Galileo’s heliocentric model is now famous, but how did other religions like Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam react to heliocentricism?

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I'm an average United States citizen in a rural town in the late 1890's. Where would I go to vote? How would my vote get reported to the federal government?

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How is history different from storytelling?

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In 1829, Sir Robert Peel formed a professional police force in London for the first time. What effect did the rise of a professionalized police force have on ordinary British citizens living under the thumps of the London Metropolitan police?

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In 1875, Orville Babcock, Pres. Grant's private secretary, was indicted for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the IRS in what became known as the Whiskey Ring. Later, Grant himself testified in defense of Babcock. What was Grant's role or non-role in covering up the Whiskey Ring?

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The Catholic Church’s reaction to Galileo’s heliocentric model is now famous, but how did other religions like Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam react to heliocentricism?	182
I'm an average United States citizen in a rural town in the late 1890's. Where would I go to vote? How would my vote get reported to the federal government?	99
How is history different from storytelling?	17
In 1829, Sir Robert Peel formed a professional police force in London for the first time. What effect did the rise of a professionalized police force have on ordinary British citizens living under the thumps of the London Metropolitan police?	2
In 1875, Orville Babcock, Pres. Grant's private secretary, was indicted for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the IRS in what became known as the Whiskey Ring. Later, Grant himself testified in defense of Babcock. What was Grant's role or non-role in covering up the Whiskey Ring?	1