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Did the pilgrims not realize that they could sail a bit further south and get better weather?

263 upvotes • PowerfulComputers

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Did Hitler genuinely believe his own propaganda, or was he being strategically deceptive?

263 upvotes • Tropic33

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Were there any alternate Abrahamic creation myths?

263 upvotes • Celebreth

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You are a fairly well-off Londoner in Victorian times. How would you "park" your horse-drawn carriage without it being stolen? Did someone have to stay with it at all times?

263 upvotes • GammaKing

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Why were huge armies normal in antiquity and then relatively rare in medieval times (in Europe)?

263 upvotes • BarbarossaHRR

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In Game of Thrones, Tyrion tells Jon the population of King's Land: around one million. How familiar were noble lords (Or the intellectuals) of feudal Europe with the concept of "large numbers"?

263 upvotes • BillRoyceJohnson

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Why do Canada, Australia, and New Zealand use a dollar instead of a pound?

263 upvotes • bored-canadian

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Modern armies generally cut off recruitment in the 30s or 40s, but in ancient or medieval armies, we see men taking the field well into their 40s or 50s or even older. Were older men more physically fit at the time?

263 upvotes • Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX

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In Europe after the war, what became of young children orphaned or separated from their parents by the Holocaust? What kind of organizations/institutions supported them?

263 upvotes • cdesmoulins

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How was TV transmission made in east and west Germany so that viewers just a few blocks away, but in the other side of the wall, couldn't watch the same channels as the opposite side?

263 upvotes • bacon_syrup90

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did the pilgrims not realize that they could sail a bit further south and get better weather?	263	PowerfulComputers
Did Hitler genuinely believe his own propaganda, or was he being strategically deceptive?	263	Tropic33
Were there any alternate Abrahamic creation myths?	263	Celebreth
You are a fairly well-off Londoner in Victorian times. How would you "park" your horse-drawn carriage without it being stolen? Did someone have to stay with it at all times?	263	GammaKing
Why were huge armies normal in antiquity and then relatively rare in medieval times (in Europe)?	263	BarbarossaHRR
In Game of Thrones, Tyrion tells Jon the population of King's Land: around one million. How familiar were noble lords (Or the intellectuals) of feudal Europe with the concept of "large numbers"?	263	BillRoyceJohnson
Why do Canada, Australia, and New Zealand use a dollar instead of a pound?	263	bored-canadian
Modern armies generally cut off recruitment in the 30s or 40s, but in ancient or medieval armies, we see men taking the field well into their 40s or 50s or even older. Were older men more physically fit at the time?	263	Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX
In Europe after the war, what became of young children orphaned or separated from their parents by the Holocaust? What kind of organizations/institutions supported them?	263	cdesmoulins
How was TV transmission made in east and west Germany so that viewers just a few blocks away, but in the other side of the wall, couldn't watch the same channels as the opposite side?	263	bacon_syrup90