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Tomatoes are a staple in Italian and Spanish dishes. However they weren't brought to Spain or Italy until the early 1500s. What was pre-tomato Spanish/Italian Cuisine like?
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Queen Elizabeth II is known to have received training as a mechanic during World War II. Her father, the king, reportedly ordered that she receive "no privileges" for her royal status. Was she genuinely a "normal" member of the ATS, or was it more of an honorary position to boost morale?
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Prophet Muhammad's father was named Abdullah, meaning "Servant of Allah". Why would a presumably pagan man be named "Servant of Allah"? Was Abdullah a common name among pagan Arabs?
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Show me negative 3 sheep! At uni, I was doing some math and the lecturer said that before negative numbers were recognised as valid, that people couldn't understand the concept of negative numbers.
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I'm a regular, married, male, 30 year old office worker in 1901. What do I actually do in the evenings?
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Canada’s Defense Minister claims that in 1961, 50 UFOs flew south in formation towards Russia, then flew back towards the North Pole before the Supreme Allied Commander “pressed the panic button.” Is there any record of such an event?
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Did medieval european cities have some kind of „nightlife“? Were there taverns or other places open through the night? Would you encounter medieval party people stumbling through the streets at ungodly hours? Or would the cities have been deserted after nightfall?
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The list of rampage killers on Wikipedia says that the deadliest rampage killing in Europe occured in 1583, when a man in Beselick killed 41 people. However, nobody is sure where Beselick is. What do we know about Beselick's location, and is it common that entire medieval towns are lost in this way?
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