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The Historian

11:01

Q: G7 countries - Can India become a member of the G7?

G7 countries Can India become a member of G7 countries with the odd number 7 becoming a even number 8. To become a member of the G7 will there be a casting of votes by the existing G7 countries members?

LаngLаngС

@T.E.D. These are not safe for work! I almost went rolfing to the bottom of the room (to emulate their universally brilliant hiccups there. I am so blind now from tears aplenty and deaf myself. My legs are grey. My ears are nulled. My eyes are old and bent.)

There are some profound truths in it:

> He invented electricity by rubbing cats backwards and declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand." Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.

@T.E.D. Is that your (mod) default? Always all deleted posts included? Going through my deleted posts, I stumbled about this.

My understanding is that some migration issues led to the roomba effect. But wouldn't that one be a candidate for undeletion?

The Historian

11:52

Q: How can we verify and trust historical evidences?

I know about this question: How can we be sure that a certain historical claim is true and accurate? My question is different. When we ask a historical question, we are given a couple of texts and primary source artifacts as evidence. But how can we make sure they truly exist? I am looking at thi...

proof

Q: Quality of life and living standards during the Victorian era in England

I've just finished Charles Dicken's novel David Copperfield. I am curious about what kind of a life people really lived during that time. For example, as a boy, David Copperfield lived with his mother and a nurse in a big house. Later, he lived with his Aunt Betsey Trotwood and a maid in a house ...

england everyday-life victorian

The Historian

12:42

Q: Has a food taster ever thwarted an assassination attempt?

Important people have been known to employ food tasters to avoid assassination by poisoning. The linked Wikipedia article mentions that Claudius, Adolf Hitler, Barack Obama, and Vladimir Putin all used food tasters. Has there ever been an actual assassination attempt that was successfully thwart...

food assassination

T.E.D.

12:56

@LаngLаngС I did love the "and is still dead." bit.

Although one does have to wonder if that might not have been from the late 70's and a purposeful reference to the old SNL Weekend Update bit about General Franciso Fraco.

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The Historian

20:41

Q: Why did the Jacobites lose the Battle of Aughrim?

Accounts of the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive action of the Jacobite uprisings, suggest the two armies were at roughly equal strength. The Williamite army was said to be better trained and equipped whereas the Jacobite forces were dug in to a strong defensive position on a hillside behind a bog...