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earned this badge 25 times.
Where (if anywhere) were X-ray machines put on trains or trolleys to image "Everybody over 14 years old"?
Awarded Aug 21, 2022 at 11:40
Has there ever been an archbishop or bishop younger than the 16-year-old James of Nicosia?
Awarded Jul 27, 2022 at 19:18
Why did the Royal Society in 1771 believe that a continent further south than Australia should exist?
Awarded Dec 8, 2021 at 14:55
Why did the Romans change Europe's language, but the barbarians didn't?
Awarded Nov 23, 2020 at 15:17
Why were diamond mining plots 31-foot squares?
Awarded Aug 28, 2020 at 20:12
Why were Royal Navy ships forbidden to attack the ARA Veinticinco de Mayo in Argentinian waters?
Awarded Apr 16, 2020 at 10:55
Was murdering a slave illegal in American slavery, and if so, what punishments were given for it?
Awarded Jan 26, 2020 at 3:20
Did Roman unmarried men have a preferred hand and finger for wearing their seal ring?
Awarded Nov 23, 2019 at 13:00
Why did Lincoln's election prompt the Southern states to secede?
Awarded Nov 17, 2019 at 18:30
Are there records of US slaves who practiced Islam following their import from Africa?
Awarded Sep 21, 2019 at 20:15
Why did the Germans forbid the possession of pet pigeons in Rostov-on-Don in 1941?
Awarded Apr 8, 2019 at 17:30
Was the tugboat ever part of a WWII battle group?
Awarded Feb 6, 2019 at 6:20
Why is the consensus that WW2 started on September 1, 1939 and not July 7, 1937?
Awarded Nov 11, 2018 at 16:00
What date does a 1738 British author intend by "soon after the revolution"?
Awarded Jul 19, 2018 at 17:07
How prevalent were recreational drugs in the ancient world?
Awarded Mar 2, 2018 at 14:11
When did official documentation stop referring to black people as Negros in the States?
Awarded Dec 11, 2017 at 14:25
Transatlantic Zeppelin trips usually took > 100 hours. How did they stock enough food, and where did they sleep?
Awarded Sep 28, 2017 at 9:52
Is the photograph "England’s Revenge in India" real, staged, or fake?
Awarded Sep 18, 2017 at 8:59
Why did the Germans spare Allied troops trapped at Dunkirk?
Awarded Sep 6, 2017 at 22:25
How did they cook on ancient ships?
Awarded Aug 10, 2017 at 15:38
Were there any drunk driving laws before the automobile?
Awarded Aug 7, 2017 at 13:45
Are there photos/footage of the Titanic sinking?
Awarded Jul 14, 2017 at 20:46
Was England called England in the days of King Arthur?
Awarded May 25, 2017 at 10:55
Why was it "acceptable" for Prince Charles to marry a divorced woman, when Edward VIII had to abdicate for marrying divorcee Wallis Simpson?
Awarded May 23, 2017 at 21:02
Why did the UK allow India to be a republic rather than a democratic parliament under the British Monarch?
Awarded May 10, 2017 at 14:01

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