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Does a year 1900 meeting in a Masonic Hall imply that it was a meeting of Freemasons?
Awarded Mar 27 at 12:30
What was the exact path of the Doolittle Raid?
Awarded Mar 24 at 10:40
Was drinking coffee with milk illegal under the Ottoman Empire?
Awarded Mar 17 at 7:18
"We, who've been connected by blood to Prussia's throne and people since Düppel"
Awarded Mar 8 at 9:16
Did the Axis try to "bribe" Turkey into joining them during World War II?
Awarded Mar 6 at 20:46
Pythagoras: sinfulness of eating beans
Awarded Feb 28 at 15:22
Which of these quotes are actually Einstein's (if any)?
Awarded Feb 23 at 2:42
Did Edith Wilson influence the passage of the 19th Amendment?
Awarded Feb 22 at 0:32
Were any of the early settlements in America attacked from the sea?
Awarded Feb 14 at 21:33
Why did so few militaries use semi automatic rifles as their standard issue infantry weapon?
Awarded Feb 7 at 17:56
When did European building interiors partitioned into rooms become commonplace?
Awarded Feb 6 at 0:43
When did Kievan Rus' rulers become culturally Slavic?
Awarded Feb 5 at 23:00
Why did Canada retain the rank of Brigadier General? But not Australia, New Zealand, or UK?
Awarded Jan 30 at 5:48
Is there a common name for periods between Medieval and 19th century?
Awarded Jan 28 at 2:15
Why didn't American POWs in Germany seek support from Russian infantry, in WWII?
Awarded Jan 25 at 16:57
Did medieval peasants work 150 days a year?
Awarded Jan 24 at 6:42
How did people 'park' their horse and buggy in early 20th century cities? How was theft prevented?
Awarded Jan 24 at 0:27
Did line infantry units have designated marksmen?
Awarded Jan 22 at 20:10
Why were steering wheels so big, even in 20th century ships?
Awarded Jan 17 at 4:41
What was the reason why Americas didn't take to buckwheat as a crop?
Awarded Jan 17 at 2:36
How long were Old Frankish dialects spoken in modern France?
Awarded Jan 16 at 10:50
How did German racial laws affect people who weren't Jewish but one of their parents wasn't German?
Awarded Jan 15 at 16:02
By what legal mechanism was Catherine Howard deprived of her title of Queen of England?
Awarded Jan 11 at 4:57
What languages were common in first century Jerusalem?
Awarded Jan 11 at 4:57
What was the political consciousness of a 15th century English peasant?
Awarded Jan 6 at 20:32
Which British town or city is recorded in this 1890's YouTube video?
Awarded Jan 6 at 12:57
Who presided over the election and swearing in of the first Speaker of the House?
Awarded Jan 6 at 9:48
When was unleaded gasoline introduced in California?
Awarded Jan 6 at 5:01
Are today's Palestinians immigrants from many nations?
Awarded Jan 5 at 9:32
Are the Swiss flag and the flag/coat of arms of Piedmont related?
Awarded Jan 4 at 9:52
How could nonconformist Protestants be buried in graveyards controlled by the established Church before 1880?
Awarded Jan 2 at 17:56
Did Stalin have full control of the government in 1936?
Awarded Dec 30, 2022 at 16:34
How do we know when Nero was born?
Awarded Dec 29, 2022 at 20:17
Which Scottish regiment is the Queen inspecting in this photo?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 9:51
Why was uranium mined in the 1500s, but only "discovered" in 1789?
Awarded Dec 20, 2022 at 8:58
Do we know the names of the German soldiers entombed at Babie Doły?
Awarded Dec 19, 2022 at 19:08
Did the Eastern Romans also use Roman concrete?
Awarded Dec 18, 2022 at 21:00
Did Clausewitz read Sun Tzu's Art of War?
Awarded Dec 16, 2022 at 16:45
Why is this Roman bust identified as Arminius?
Awarded Dec 15, 2022 at 1:57
Where did France build up its fleet in 1805-1814?
Awarded Dec 8, 2022 at 13:02
Why did Sweden and Norway become the vassals of Denmark?
Awarded Dec 5, 2022 at 13:32
How did British people cope with damp/mould without central heating in the past?
Awarded Dec 1, 2022 at 13:03
How did ships in Britain's Grand Fleet avoid each other during maneuvers?
Awarded Nov 25, 2022 at 18:27
Has there ever been an election where the two biggest parties form a coalition to govern?
Awarded Nov 23, 2022 at 12:36
Why did this anti-communist pamphlet, from the USA in the 1950s, include UNESCO among its targets?
Awarded Nov 23, 2022 at 10:11
What paintings might these be (2 sketches made in the Tate Britain Gallery)?
Awarded Nov 12, 2022 at 10:40
Did Britain call up veterinarians in World War Two?
Awarded Nov 8, 2022 at 18:41
Did the Carthaginians have the option of sending Hannibal to Sicily?
Awarded Nov 4, 2022 at 3:21
What crops were part of the medieval spring harvest?
Awarded Oct 30, 2022 at 16:47
Were North African silver certificates actually printed in 1935?
Awarded Oct 24, 2022 at 16:43
How did bank transactions (or "data" transactions) work when it took people weeks to travel vast distances?
Awarded Oct 13, 2022 at 23:32
Did ancient Rome have slave hunters?
Awarded Oct 13, 2022 at 1:15
Did the Hungarian Army ever use crescent banners?
Awarded Oct 10, 2022 at 13:07
Does Taleb's claim of epidemics with a death count of >1,000 being in the lower hundreds (in the last 2,500 years) seem accurate?
Awarded Oct 6, 2022 at 10:26
What was a plausible timetable for a train journey across Europe in 1870?
Awarded Oct 4, 2022 at 12:00
What mysterious Flemish peasant activity is depicted in this painting?
Awarded Oct 3, 2022 at 8:47
Why was the Ottoman flag changed from an eight-pointed star to five-pointed in the 19th century?
Awarded Sep 30, 2022 at 20:53
How can we make claims of ancient alcohol consumption based on chemical analysis of remains?
Awarded Sep 29, 2022 at 13:15
What's the reason behind the 17th century tradition of British monarchs being depicted on coins facing in the opposite direction to their predecessor?
Awarded Sep 28, 2022 at 12:07
Why was Adolphus Dolo nicknamed "Gen. Peanut Butter"?
Awarded Sep 26, 2022 at 15:05
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