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How would a 16-year-old girl from Cleopatra's era curse?
Oct 7 '18 at 10:59
106
Did Adolf Hitler ever address the fact that his own appearance was almost an exact opposite of what he considered the ideal Aryan appearance?
Jan 15 at 9:57
88
What drugs were used in England during the High Middle Ages?
Sep 3 at 11:49
68
Has there ever been a non-rectangular banknote?
Oct 17 '18 at 18:33
49
What is the pre-schism Christian church called today?
Jul 17 '18 at 10:32
48
What was the liquor that was based on petrol which was produced in the USSR during the Second World War?
Nov 21 '18 at 0:53
47
In the “Christmas truce” of 1914 were there any football (soccer) matches between British and German troops?
Nov 26 '18 at 16:14
45
When did “&” stop being taught alongside the alphabet?
Jul 7 at 20:19
44
Was Rosie the Riveter sourced from a Michelangelo painting?
Sep 4 at 12:31
44
Is it true that “All spicy food is from Latin America”?
Nov 14 '18 at 12:37
42
How were medieval castles built in swamps or marshes without draining them?
Aug 25 at 11:11
41
‘Avoid sleeping on your back’ & ‘breathe in toilet smells’ were seen as precautions against the Black Death. Why did doctors think these would work?
Oct 15 '17 at 13:02
39
What is the date and original source of this medieval picture?
Nov 1 '18 at 14:53
39
Why was there a surge in the US incarceration rate during the 1990s?
Jul 20 '18 at 1:04
39
How has hearing loss been avoided in war?
Apr 14 '18 at 0:40
38
Why would graphite have been confused with lead?
Mar 8 '18 at 16:38
37
Why did other German political parties disband so fast when Hitler was appointed chancellor?
Feb 28 at 13:40
37
Leather 1.50 German gold mark
Mar 7 '18 at 2:45
35
Why didn't Europeans before Gutenberg print with woodblocks?
Sep 27 '18 at 15:35
34
What is the object moving across the ceiling in this stock footage?
May 24 at 11:39
33
Has there ever been a truly bilingual country prior to the contemporary period?
Aug 16 at 20:03
33
Did germophobia exist in classical antiquity?
Dec 19 '17 at 19:52
32
Did the Ottoman empire suppress the printing press?
Jul 7 at 17:42
30
Are there historical instances of the capital of a colonising country being temporarily or permanently shifted to one of its colonies?
Mar 10 at 22:10
30
Did Emanuel Lasker write a book declaring that Germany had to win World War I if civilization were to be saved?
Sep 12 '18 at 11:11
29
Why does a Star of David appear at a rally with Francisco Franco?
Mar 16 at 16:28
28
What is a “staved” town, like in “Staverton”?
Jul 22 at 22:16
28
In Antiquity, were Persian arrows considered superior to their Greek counterparts?
Feb 22 '18 at 19:46
27
What evidence is there of the vision aids people used before the invention of eyeglasses in about 1286?
Oct 28 '17 at 14:36
26
Was there a Viking Exchange as well as a Columbian one?
Apr 26 at 14:54
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