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"Until about two hundred years ago ... everyone believed that the fires in the belly cooked foodstuffs and turned them into nutrients." Really?

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Is the view that the galaxy is getting "grimmer" and "darker" historically valid or an example of teleology or chiliasm?

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What does "jacobin" mean in an English context?

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How much do we know about volumes of trade in the pre-Roman ancient Mediterranean?

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Did the population of the Mediterranean double in the 16th century?

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How did the New Model Army become so radical? What other historical examples of this kind of radicalisation are there?

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How does the performance of gunpowder weapons differ in dry & wet conditions?

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How important was Mikhail Gorbachev in the end of communism in Eastern Europe?

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Why is the ideology of US Supreme Court judges more of an issue than judges in other countries? (xpost /r/asksocialscience)

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Why, when and where did handguns replace crossbows in Western European armies?

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"Until about two hundred years ago ... everyone believed that the fires in the belly cooked foodstuffs and turned them into nutrients." Really?	2
Is the view that the galaxy is getting "grimmer" and "darker" historically valid or an example of teleology or chiliasm?	2
What does "jacobin" mean in an English context?	2
How much do we know about volumes of trade in the pre-Roman ancient Mediterranean?	2
Did the population of the Mediterranean double in the 16th century?	2
How did the New Model Army become so radical? What other historical examples of this kind of radicalisation are there?	2
How does the performance of gunpowder weapons differ in dry & wet conditions?	1
How important was Mikhail Gorbachev in the end of communism in Eastern Europe?	1
Why is the ideology of US Supreme Court judges more of an issue than judges in other countries? (xpost /r/asksocialscience)	1
Why, when and where did handguns replace crossbows in Western European armies?	0