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It's generally taken for granted in sci-fi that a space military would basically be naval, with cruisers and frigates in fleets led by captains and admirals. Given that there has never been a space military, how did this assumption develop?

4203 upvotes • Wombfresh

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“Who is This Child?” An Indigenous History of the Missing & Murdered

4201 upvotes • EdHistory101

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The war in Europe ended in May 1945, just a few months before the atomic bomb was ready for use. Was there an expressed or recorded sense of stunned relief from imprisoned Nazi leadership after the atomic bombs were used on Japan? Did they ever feel Germany had just dodged the biggest bullet ever?

4198 upvotes • Catfishbandit999

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In 490 BC a Spartan army marched 220 kilometres in three days for the Battle of Marathon. It is over 70 kilometers per day, without roads, socks and boots. Do we know more about the march and the condition they arrived at the battlefield in?

4193 upvotes • Ohnoes_in_distress

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Did paper airplanes exist before 1903?

4191 upvotes • gamercer

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How did Richard I come to be so fondly lionized in British cultural memory given how marginal of a King he seems to have actually been?

4190 upvotes • Goat_im_Himmel

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A European ship full of spices successfully returns to her home port. What happens to the cargo next? What does the chain of supply between the ship and the dining table look like?

4189 upvotes • AyukaVB

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Why did every communist country ban porn? NSFW

4188 upvotes • averagelysized

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How did almost every "ancient" culture(e.g. China, aztecs, greece and other indian tribes) develop the idea of dragons independently? What is similar in all dragons across cultures, and which cultural understanding of dragons has shaped the modern idea of dragons the most?

4185 upvotes • MrPupolinaz

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Why are Greek/Roman ruins so much better preserved than Persian?

4183 upvotes • weeddealerrenamon

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It's generally taken for granted in sci-fi that a space military would basically be naval, with cruisers and frigates in fleets led by captains and admirals. Given that there has never been a space military, how did this assumption develop?	4203	Wombfresh
“Who is This Child?” An Indigenous History of the Missing & Murdered	4201	EdHistory101
The war in Europe ended in May 1945, just a few months before the atomic bomb was ready for use. Was there an expressed or recorded sense of stunned relief from imprisoned Nazi leadership after the atomic bombs were used on Japan? Did they ever feel Germany had just dodged the biggest bullet ever?	4198	Catfishbandit999
In 490 BC a Spartan army marched 220 kilometres in three days for the Battle of Marathon. It is over 70 kilometers per day, without roads, socks and boots. Do we know more about the march and the condition they arrived at the battlefield in?	4193	Ohnoes_in_distress
Did paper airplanes exist before 1903?	4191	gamercer
How did Richard I come to be so fondly lionized in British cultural memory given how marginal of a King he seems to have actually been?	4190	Goat_im_Himmel
A European ship full of spices successfully returns to her home port. What happens to the cargo next? What does the chain of supply between the ship and the dining table look like?	4189	AyukaVB
Why did every communist country ban porn? NSFW	4188	averagelysized
How did almost every "ancient" culture(e.g. China, aztecs, greece and other indian tribes) develop the idea of dragons independently? What is similar in all dragons across cultures, and which cultural understanding of dragons has shaped the modern idea of dragons the most?	4185	MrPupolinaz
Why are Greek/Roman ruins so much better preserved than Persian?	4183	weeddealerrenamon