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Why exactly did telegraphs have to use “STOP” instead of a period and “QUOTE” instead of a quotation mark? (Or special codes.)
Feb 13 '20 at 1:49
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Did the Romans eat breakfast?
Apr 3 '18 at 12:12
62
What was the point of horse armour?
Feb 21 '20 at 14:40
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Why did English adopt Kamikaze (神風) as a loanword instead of Tokko (特攻) during/after WWII?
Feb 15 '17 at 6:22
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What happened to these buildings near the Seine?
Feb 25 '18 at 18:51
45
Did Benjamin Franklin say “Holland is not a nation but a shop”? Why?
Jan 3 at 23:21
45
How did ships acquire targets beyond the horizon in WWI?
Jan 29 '17 at 0:08
44
Would colonial Maryland have been tolerant to all religions?
Feb 13 '18 at 15:15
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Aside from the Pyramids, what is the tallest man-made structure still standing in Europe & the Near East from ancient times?
Nov 21 '17 at 15:38
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Why is it called the “Ottoman” Empire in English language?
Jun 15 '17 at 23:56
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When/how did Harry Truman give the order to bomb Hiroshima?
Oct 23 '18 at 2:36
31
Were there ethnic Russians in Alaska when the US purchased it 1867? Did they stay?
Apr 5 '17 at 13:03
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What is this metallic object with teeth in mouth, screw to tighten and a handle?
Jun 10 '19 at 17:33
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Was touching your nose a greeting in second millenium Mesopotamia?
Jun 22 '19 at 18:28
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Did Truman really believe that Hiroshima was a military base?
Oct 14 '17 at 16:31
25
How much smaller were medieval farm animals in England than today?
Jan 9 '18 at 14:26
24
Who first called natural satellites “moons”?
Dec 2 '20 at 4:29
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Which event is this memorial referring to when it says WW1 ended in 1919?
Jun 21 '17 at 20:40
24
What flag is this?
Jan 27 '17 at 13:36
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Did the Spartans really taunt Philip II of Macedon with a single word?
May 27 '17 at 17:13
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Did French people in 19th century not bathe every day?
Sep 26 '17 at 13:33
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Is there proof that John Proctor owned a tavern?
Oct 26 '18 at 15:36
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Is there a genetic link between North America and Vikings?
Dec 19 '17 at 16:07
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What was a “Qua” in a “Subsidy of Armour” in 1590?
Aug 2 '17 at 13:14
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Was the British Empire bigger than the combined empires of the Iberian Union in terms of claimed land area?
Dec 29 '17 at 19:36
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What post-photographic 19th US century dark skirted stripe embroidered jacket, hard brim and top forage cap, light trousers, sword uniform is this?
May 23 '20 at 4:44
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Is this a Masonic Ring?
May 16 '19 at 12:34
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Did ancient Rome have slave hunters?
Feb 12 '18 at 14:17
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Did the Pope's crossbow and archery bans have any effect?
Jan 17 '18 at 14:24
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Can someone identify this coin? ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟ(Υ) (Β)ΑΣΙΛΕΩ(Σ)
Oct 14 '17 at 22:19
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