Comment by Gankom on 26/01/2025 at 15:56 UTC

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/u/Bodark43 answered Wikipedia is suggesting John Henry, the man from American folklore who died from exhaustion in a contest against a machine, might have been a real person and didn't die from exhaustion but scoliosis. How true is this?

Did any Native American groups ever try to reverse engineer or modify European/American firearms? Specifically in the Old West?

Was Sel de devoir still a part of the gabelle during the onset of the french revolution?

Why is Calvin Coolidge generally ranked in the lower half of US presidents by presidential historians? What about his actions is office left a mediocre or negative legacy?

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Comment by Bodark43 at 26/01/2025 at 16:21 UTC*

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I think OP was hoping for sources on the Gabelle in English. But though I couldn't find anything good that wasn't French, I was grateful for the Bibliothèque Nationale's Gallica site. Considering it was once famous for being disorganized and very unfriendly, the institution's digital resources are now pretty impressive and accessible.