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Inherited a sword from my dutch grandfather who served in Indonesia during WWII but don't know anything about it...
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Were scythes or sickles ever used effectively in combat, or has the idea just been a popular dramatization?
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In his book "How to Win Friends and Influence People", Dale Carnegie said that he angered a person he was writing to by ending a letter with the phrase "dictated, but not read". Why was that such an insult at the time?
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Did Britain ever seriously considered reconquering part or all of the United States after the War of Independence?
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Before the invention of loudspeakers, how did leaders and hosts address large groups of people, be it in the battlefield, or the Colosseum?
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If Prince Arthur had succeeded Henry VII instead of dying in 1502, would he have been King Arthur I, or would the legendary King Arthur have figured into the regnal numbering scheme?
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In the modern world, breast size seems to frequently be something to flaunt and to compliment. Was this always the case, even millennia ago when dress and culture were much more conservative? NSFW
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