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How effective were the masks worn by plague doctors during the Black Death?

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Cenotaphs and war memorials throughout the Commonwealth of Nations bear the inscription "Our Glorious Dead". What is the origin of that phrase?

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Los Angeles officially surpassed Chicago as the second largest city in the US in April of 1984. Was this a widely predicted event? And what were the reactions at the time?

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I'm an undergraduate at an American university in the early 1950s. What, if any, is my relationship to marijuana?

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How were returning Vietnam veterans treated in Australia?

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What is the origin of the murder ballad?

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Cenotaphs and war memorials throughout the Commonwealth of Nations bear the inscription "[To] Our Glorious Dead". What is the origin of that phrase?

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The novel "Wolf Hall" suggests that Richard Cromwell, great-grandfather of Oliver Cromwell, was a distant relation of the Tudor family. Is there any truth to this?

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The Ivy League is a sports conference. Why did the term gain wider currency off the field and why don't we speak of "SEC schools" or "ACC schools" in quite the same way?

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Scholarly opinion on the British History Podcast?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How effective were the masks worn by plague doctors during the Black Death?	3
Cenotaphs and war memorials throughout the Commonwealth of Nations bear the inscription "Our Glorious Dead". What is the origin of that phrase?	3
Los Angeles officially surpassed Chicago as the second largest city in the US in April of 1984. Was this a widely predicted event? And what were the reactions at the time?	3
I'm an undergraduate at an American university in the early 1950s. What, if any, is my relationship to marijuana?	2
How were returning Vietnam veterans treated in Australia?	2
What is the origin of the murder ballad?	2
Cenotaphs and war memorials throughout the Commonwealth of Nations bear the inscription "[To] Our Glorious Dead". What is the origin of that phrase?	2
The novel "Wolf Hall" suggests that Richard Cromwell, great-grandfather of Oliver Cromwell, was a distant relation of the Tudor family. Is there any truth to this?	2
The Ivy League is a sports conference. Why did the term gain wider currency off the field and why don't we speak of "SEC schools" or "ACC schools" in quite the same way?	2
Scholarly opinion on the British History Podcast?	1