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Secretary Mattis said "Alexander the Great would not be in the least bit perplexed by the enemy that we face right now in Iraq". Did Alexander ever face a guerrilla insurgency espousing a radical, suicidal doctrine? If so, how did he handle it?

332 upvotes • rastadreadlion

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At what point did the accent of American settlers become distinguishable from a British accent?

332 upvotes • Da_dank_knight_rises

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just now I watched a YouTube video about how people need to continually add new chalk to the Uffington White Horse to keep it from disappearing. If that's true how did it survive the middle ages? why would medieval Christians care about preserving pre-roman pagan art?

332 upvotes • grapp

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When did people of former Western Roman Empire stop to identify themselves as Romans and begin to indentify with their new kingdoms?

332 upvotes • esbeq

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An author claims there was a 300 year old stew in Normandy and a stew in France that lasted from 1400 to WW2. Is there any truth to these claims?

332 upvotes • TheyTukMyJub

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Is The Sword In The Stone and Excalibur the same?

332 upvotes • Hdhs1

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How would the line of succession in royalty be affected by the birth of twins, triplets, etc? Would it always be the first one to come out? Were there exceptions? What about in something like a c-section, especially if the mother died giving birth?

331 upvotes • TrimHopp

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Do flamethrowers from WW2 explode when shot?

331 upvotes • SDeii

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What did a librarian at the Library of Alexandria's work schedule look like during its height?

331 upvotes • domocke

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I found an old, slightly queer looking advertisement at my work.

331 upvotes • goodenough4now

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Secretary Mattis said "Alexander the Great would not be in the least bit perplexed by the enemy that we face right now in Iraq". Did Alexander ever face a guerrilla insurgency espousing a radical, suicidal doctrine? If so, how did he handle it?	332	rastadreadlion
At what point did the accent of American settlers become distinguishable from a British accent?	332	Da_dank_knight_rises
just now I watched a YouTube video about how people need to continually add new chalk to the Uffington White Horse to keep it from disappearing. If that's true how did it survive the middle ages? why would medieval Christians care about preserving pre-roman pagan art?	332	grapp
When did people of former Western Roman Empire stop to identify themselves as Romans and begin to indentify with their new kingdoms?	332	esbeq
An author claims there was a 300 year old stew in Normandy and a stew in France that lasted from 1400 to WW2. Is there any truth to these claims?	332	TheyTukMyJub
Is The Sword In The Stone and Excalibur the same?	332	Hdhs1
How would the line of succession in royalty be affected by the birth of twins, triplets, etc? Would it always be the first one to come out? Were there exceptions? What about in something like a c-section, especially if the mother died giving birth?	331	TrimHopp
Do flamethrowers from WW2 explode when shot?	331	SDeii
What did a librarian at the Library of Alexandria's work schedule look like during its height?	331	domocke
I found an old, slightly queer looking advertisement at my work.	331	goodenough4now