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Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado condemns bad conversationalists to be "sent to hear sermons from mystical Germans who preach from ten till four." Were German preachers really that long-winded?

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Tacitus’s Life of Cnaeus Julius Agricola notes that Britain “faces Germany on the east, Spain on the west; on the south it is even within sight of Gaul.” Did the Romans think that Ireland was part of Spain?

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How many slaveowners in the United States were killed by their slaves?

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How accurate is this article about redlining?

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Catholic canon law requires special dispensation for cousin and uncle/niece marriages, which were nonetheless common among Catholic nobility (most infamously the Spanish Habsburgs). Why was the Church amenable to these marriages, and did it ever try to use its control over them as a political lever?

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How effective were doctors in Europe in the nineteenth century?

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Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado condemns bad conversationalists to be "sent to hear sermons from mystical Germans who preach from ten till four." Were German preachers really that long-winded?	4	AskHistorians
Tacitus’s Life of Cnaeus Julius Agricola notes that Britain “faces Germany on the east, Spain on the west; on the south it is even within sight of Gaul.” Did the Romans think that Ireland was part of Spain?	4	AskHistorians
How many slaveowners in the United States were killed by their slaves?	3	AskHistorians
How accurate is this article about redlining?	1	AskHistorians
Catholic canon law requires special dispensation for cousin and uncle/niece marriages, which were nonetheless common among Catholic nobility (most infamously the Spanish Habsburgs). Why was the Church amenable to these marriages, and did it ever try to use its control over them as a political lever?	1	AskHistorians
How effective were doctors in Europe in the nineteenth century?	0	AskHistorians