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In the film The Right Stuff, the military shifts from keeping the record breaking flights of test pilots a secret to heavily publicizing them in attempts to drive up public interest and in turn generate money for the space program. Is there any truth to that actually taking place?

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What was daily family life like on the Swahili Coast during the height of the Kilwa sultanate?

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What were literacy rates like in the Aztec empire, and why? How was news or important information spread through a city like Tenochtitlan, and through the larger empire as a whole?

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What was daily family life like on the Swahili Coast during the height of the Kilwa sultanate?

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How much influence did Central and South American nations/governments have on deciding their borders?

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What kinds of culinary oils were used in pre colonial Mesoamerica?

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Do we have primary sources of white Europeans assimilating into Native American tribes during the early colonial period of North America?

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What was the publication process like for scholars in 17th century Europe?

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Man-midwives! What were the cultural forces in the late 17th/early 18th century that pushed expecting Englishwomen to transition from traditional female midwives to male medical practitioners?

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How did someone become an "official" cook in medieval Europe?

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In the film The Right Stuff, the military shifts from keeping the record breaking flights of test pilots a secret to heavily publicizing them in attempts to drive up public interest and in turn generate money for the space program. Is there any truth to that actually taking place?	229	AskHistorians
What was daily family life like on the Swahili Coast during the height of the Kilwa sultanate?	37	AskHistorians
What were literacy rates like in the Aztec empire, and why? How was news or important information spread through a city like Tenochtitlan, and through the larger empire as a whole?	33	AskHistorians
What was daily family life like on the Swahili Coast during the height of the Kilwa sultanate?	21	AskHistorians
How much influence did Central and South American nations/governments have on deciding their borders?	10	AskHistorians
What kinds of culinary oils were used in pre colonial Mesoamerica?	9	AskHistorians
Do we have primary sources of white Europeans assimilating into Native American tribes during the early colonial period of North America?	7	AskHistorians
What was the publication process like for scholars in 17th century Europe?	6	AskHistorians
Man-midwives! What were the cultural forces in the late 17th/early 18th century that pushed expecting Englishwomen to transition from traditional female midwives to male medical practitioners?	4	AskHistorians
How did someone become an "official" cook in medieval Europe?	4	AskHistorians