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Were there 'wild' communities in Western Europe? I.e were there small groups who chose to live in the wilderness rather than in the Feudal system under the lower nobility?

229 upvotes • _DeanRiding

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What's the history of "pizza delivery"?

229 upvotes • Ischaldirh

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How were ships manufactured so quickly during WW2?

229 upvotes • Vanillanear

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Jojo Rabbit starts with the main character visiting a Hitler Youth camp in the German countryside. The Film starts in the summer of 1944, is it realistic for the Hitler Youth to still be doing that kind of thing well the third reich was in such dire straits?

229 upvotes • grapp

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Are "groupies" a product of Rock & Roll, or did earlier popular musicians/artists have similar followers/devotees? Have they existed from the beginning of rock, or was there a time/place where the phenomenon became noticeable/commented upon, and, if so, what had changed?

229 upvotes • td4999

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Was anyone ever actually tied to railroad tracks?

229 upvotes • sweaty_garbage

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Why does the boat in Rembrandt's "Storm on the Sea of Galilee" look so odd? Was he taking artistic license in painting an implausible boat, and would audiences at the time have been confused by the image?

229 upvotes • hugo_vigo

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Yale University has made available on YouTube a 22-lesson course on the Early Middle Ages by professor Paul Freedman. Is it a good resource for those interested in learning the current academic consensus on subjects such as the fall of the Roman Empire?

229 upvotes • fan_of_the_pikachu

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AskHistorians Communique on Addition of New Moderators

229 upvotes • hellcatfighter

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How effective were the cannons at Constantinople in 1453, when the Muslims took the city? If Mehmet II didn't have the cannons, would it have been nearly impossible to take the city?

229 upvotes • 3333_22ask

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were there 'wild' communities in Western Europe? I.e were there small groups who chose to live in the wilderness rather than in the Feudal system under the lower nobility?	229	_DeanRiding
What's the history of "pizza delivery"?	229	Ischaldirh
How were ships manufactured so quickly during WW2?	229	Vanillanear
Jojo Rabbit starts with the main character visiting a Hitler Youth camp in the German countryside. The Film starts in the summer of 1944, is it realistic for the Hitler Youth to still be doing that kind of thing well the third reich was in such dire straits?	229	grapp
Are "groupies" a product of Rock & Roll, or did earlier popular musicians/artists have similar followers/devotees? Have they existed from the beginning of rock, or was there a time/place where the phenomenon became noticeable/commented upon, and, if so, what had changed?	229	td4999
Was anyone ever actually tied to railroad tracks?	229	sweaty_garbage
Why does the boat in Rembrandt's "Storm on the Sea of Galilee" look so odd? Was he taking artistic license in painting an implausible boat, and would audiences at the time have been confused by the image?	229	hugo_vigo
Yale University has made available on YouTube a 22-lesson course on the Early Middle Ages by professor Paul Freedman. Is it a good resource for those interested in learning the current academic consensus on subjects such as the fall of the Roman Empire?	229	fan_of_the_pikachu
AskHistorians Communique on Addition of New Moderators	229	hellcatfighter
How effective were the cannons at Constantinople in 1453, when the Muslims took the city? If Mehmet II didn't have the cannons, would it have been nearly impossible to take the city?	229	3333_22ask