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The Bible says In Luke 22:49 Jesus' desciples asked "should we use our swords?" How common was it for ordinary people in the 1st century Roman Empire to carry a sword around in their daily life?

306 upvotes • aatdalt

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Was there a reaction by Hindus to the discovery to the American Bison? Was there any debate about whether they qualified as sacred in the way that Indian buffalo were considered so?

306 upvotes • swissvscheddar

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It’s often stated that African slaves “brought” things to the New World like okra, watermelon, yams, benne seeds, etc. Were slaves actually allowed to choose and bring food and seeds with them, or is this just a figure of speech?

306 upvotes • jankenpoo

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Were the Middle Ages anywhere near as violent as the TV show 'Game of Thrones'?

306 upvotes • Ding_A_Ling

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Was the attack on Pearl Harbour a gamble by the Japanese Empire, or did they truly believed such a attack would cripple the US to the point of not winning the war?

306 upvotes • RectumExplorer

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In 1838, Joseph Smith came across several stone structures in Jameson, Missouri, that he claimed were altars built by the biblical Adam himself. Do we know anything about what the structures actually were?

306 upvotes • koine_lingua

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In 1914, 12.000 Ottomans and 13.000 Kurds lay a siege on a small Syriac Christian village of Ein Wardo. The siege lasted for 3 years until a famous imam instructed the army to leave. Why are there so few records on this siege?

306 upvotes • xaliber

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We hear a lot about Japanese cruelty to civilians and prisoners in WW2. Was this culture of cruelty an anomaly or was it seen before in previous modern (eg. Russo-Japanese) or pre-modern wars in Japanese history?

306 upvotes • Huggydabuggy

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How did Anarchist Catalonia and the Free Territory in Ukraine function exactly? Were they truly anarchist societies?

306 upvotes • Fedelede

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Tancred of Hauteville (the crusader) was known to have spoken Arabic. How did one go around learning another language back in the days?

306 upvotes • Frathier

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The Bible says In Luke 22:49 Jesus' desciples asked "should we use our swords?" How common was it for ordinary people in the 1st century Roman Empire to carry a sword around in their daily life?	306	aatdalt
Was there a reaction by Hindus to the discovery to the American Bison? Was there any debate about whether they qualified as sacred in the way that Indian buffalo were considered so?	306	swissvscheddar
It’s often stated that African slaves “brought” things to the New World like okra, watermelon, yams, benne seeds, etc. Were slaves actually allowed to choose and bring food and seeds with them, or is this just a figure of speech?	306	jankenpoo
Were the Middle Ages anywhere near as violent as the TV show 'Game of Thrones'?	306	Ding_A_Ling
Was the attack on Pearl Harbour a gamble by the Japanese Empire, or did they truly believed such a attack would cripple the US to the point of not winning the war?	306	RectumExplorer
In 1838, Joseph Smith came across several stone structures in Jameson, Missouri, that he claimed were altars built by the biblical Adam himself. Do we know anything about what the structures actually were?	306	koine_lingua
In 1914, 12.000 Ottomans and 13.000 Kurds lay a siege on a small Syriac Christian village of Ein Wardo. The siege lasted for 3 years until a famous imam instructed the army to leave. Why are there so few records on this siege?	306	xaliber
We hear a lot about Japanese cruelty to civilians and prisoners in WW2. Was this culture of cruelty an anomaly or was it seen before in previous modern (eg. Russo-Japanese) or pre-modern wars in Japanese history?	306	Huggydabuggy
How did Anarchist Catalonia and the Free Territory in Ukraine function exactly? Were they truly anarchist societies?	306	Fedelede
Tancred of Hauteville (the crusader) was known to have spoken Arabic. How did one go around learning another language back in the days?	306	Frathier