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Apr 17 |
answered | When did retailers stop wrapping purchases in paper and twine? |
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Apr 9 |
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Was there more than one way for anti-aircraft fire to shoot down a dive bomber in World War II @jwenting - The point of the time-delay fuse was that a somewhat-near miss would still result in a kill, as the explosion and schrapnel would be enough to do the plane in. A direct hit is much harder to achieve. |
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Apr 7 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Apr 7 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 5 |
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Which is the oldest language in the World? As much as I like a good wiki entry (and I do - when wiki's good, it's gooooood), the better reference was the "Ask a Linguist" - the answer really should be pared down to a summary of that link, and a corroboration with the well cited wikipedia page. +1 anyway. |
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Apr 2 |
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Who was the last US president who did not start a war? This answer is incorrect - Ford ordered military action against the Khmer Rouge - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayag%C3%BCez_incident |
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Apr 2 |
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Who was the last US president who did not start a war? Moral or immoral is irrelevant to the question. I believe any initial deployment of military resources resulting in combat should count, whether the war was declared or not. |
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Apr 1 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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Mar 28 |
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How did Mongolian nomads acquire metal weapons? 1) Where would they get the skills as weaponsmiths? It requires specialization to devote the time to learning the trade, something really only possible in settled communities. 2) Where did they get the raw materials? How could they trade for enough steel to equip a conquering army with a nomadic lifestyle? |
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Mar 28 |
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Why did Chinese use high tin bronze for swords? @DVK - The Indians had iron weapons by 1500BCE, and were beginning to dabble in crucible steel by 500BCE. China was using bronze long, long after other cultures made the change to iron, and refined bronze-making techniques that just weren't applicable to civilizations with iron weapons. |
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Mar 27 |
awarded | Mortarboard |
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Mar 27 |
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How did Mongolian nomads acquire metal weapons? This is a good question - it could probably apply to most pastoral nomads turned conquerors across history: where'd they get their weapons from? |
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Mar 27 |
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How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942? @jwenting - Here is a great forum post on the operational history of the Israeli "Super Sherman" I ran into while googling around for something else: ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php/… |
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Mar 27 |
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How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942? @jwenting - Interesting to note that the French Char B2 could take out 5-8 Panzers, it was a real monster tank, but the mobility, reliability and sheer numbers of German armor overwhelmed them. The Nazis then went ahead and made the same mistake - slow, expensive vs. quick and cheap. |
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Mar 27 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Mar 27 |
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How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942? added 575 characters in body |
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Mar 27 |
answered | How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942? |
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Mar 22 |
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Battle of Seattle @MarkC.Wallace - Side with them or not, it was a watershed event for the far left - sort of like asking about how the 2009 Tea Party Protests were organized on the right side of the equation - and an important part of recent American history =and= Internet history, as it was where Indymedia came into its own. I had no trouble understanding what was being asked, and the question is now much improved. |
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Mar 21 |
answered | Battle of Seattle |
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Mar 20 |
answered | At the Battle of Zama, was the Roman army more “native” than the Carthaginian? |
