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Why did people have so many children in Victorian times?

How did archers judge distance before range finders?

Why bother attacking castles at all? Why not go around?

How would a king's servants prove that they are on a task given by the king?

How did the American Civil War help the U.S economy recover from the Panic of 1857 given that civil wars are extremely destructive?

Why is AD in Latin and BC is in English?

Did people in China resort to cannibalism during the reign of Mao?

What are these historical references (from a novel)?

How did the Roman state verify citizenship?

Has a state ever "attacked" another one by printing fake money?

Did Edith Wilson influence the passage of the 19th Amendment?

Why did Loyalists go to Canada during the American Revolution

Were there any high-ranking female soldiers during the Middle ages?

During World War I, why were church bells stopped until the war was over?

Why didn't the Moroccans try to explore and conquer the New World?

Did Vikings use of water bowls in this unhygenic way?

How did the gold of the new world cause the Spanish Empire to collapse?

Did all the the -stan sovereign state names appear synchronously?

How is serfdom related to slavery?

What strategic value did Christianity hold for Constantine that made him convert to Christianity?

What was the church's attitude to "magic" prior to the 15th century?

Did Louis XIV actually say "The State? I am the State."? Could he have said it?

What was the need to call the Estates-General of 1789?

Any precedents of U.S. presidents having served in other government roles after the ends of their terms?

When and how did people begin to consider slavery immoral?

Did the Romans know about China?

Who were the four US Federal Deputy Marshals escorting Ruby Bridges?

Were there weapons that a private citizen could not legally own in 1789 in the US?

Who were the Wright brothers' competitors?

Was early marriage of queens not considered pedophilia?