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Is eating three full meals a day a new innovation? If it is, how did it come about and what were the general eating schedules of civilizations and societies who lived between Ancient Greece up to the 19th century?

192 upvotes • Hamdoulillah

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In 1946 the UK agreed to sell Rolls Royce Nene jet engines to the USSR so long as they were not used for military purposes. The Soviets rather quickly started putting them into jet fighter aircraft. Could the UK government really have been that naive or did they have other motives?

192 upvotes • Gracchus__Babeuf

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Why was Winston Churchill such a firm and early opponent to the Nazi regime?

192 upvotes • Rittermeister

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How did “boo” become a word that people use when they scare people?

192 upvotes • PoorOldJack

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The Gallipoli campaign is almost always discussed in terms of British failures at various levels, but what were the Ottoman successes that led to the outcome?

192 upvotes • lcnielsen

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In Whose Trenches? Violence, Voice, and the Experience of War from Below Panel Q&A

192 upvotes • historiagrephour

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How were medieval royal houses formed? Was it usually a case of a warrior distinguishing himself in battle, being crowned on his merits, and then having his title passed to his descendants until the founder's merit-based claim was forgotten? If yes, how did people justify his descendants...

192 upvotes • JJVMT

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I’m a colonist in rural New York, living on a small one room house on a family farm. What is the storage situation for my clothes? Do I have dedicated summer and winter clothing? And how are my “off season” clothes stored?

192 upvotes • bauertastic

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Why were lowercase “s” written as “f”, yet upper case “S” remained the same in the 1700’s?

192 upvotes • diverareyouok

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In Tora! Tora! Tora! the Japanese government wanted to deliver their declaration of war before the attack on Pear Harbor, but ended up delivering it after the attack. Why was it so important that they deliver the declaration before the attack?

192 upvotes • Ildrei

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Is eating three full meals a day a new innovation? If it is, how did it come about and what were the general eating schedules of civilizations and societies who lived between Ancient Greece up to the 19th century?	192	Hamdoulillah
In 1946 the UK agreed to sell Rolls Royce Nene jet engines to the USSR so long as they were not used for military purposes. The Soviets rather quickly started putting them into jet fighter aircraft. Could the UK government really have been that naive or did they have other motives?	192	Gracchus__Babeuf
Why was Winston Churchill such a firm and early opponent to the Nazi regime?	192	Rittermeister
How did “boo” become a word that people use when they scare people?	192	PoorOldJack
The Gallipoli campaign is almost always discussed in terms of British failures at various levels, but what were the Ottoman successes that led to the outcome?	192	lcnielsen
In Whose Trenches? Violence, Voice, and the Experience of War from Below Panel Q&A	192	historiagrephour
How were medieval royal houses formed? Was it usually a case of a warrior distinguishing himself in battle, being crowned on his merits, and then having his title passed to his descendants until the founder's merit-based claim was forgotten? If yes, how did people justify his descendants...	192	JJVMT
I’m a colonist in rural New York, living on a small one room house on a family farm. What is the storage situation for my clothes? Do I have dedicated summer and winter clothing? And how are my “off season” clothes stored?	192	bauertastic
Why were lowercase “s” written as “f”, yet upper case “S” remained the same in the 1700’s?	192	diverareyouok
In Tora! Tora! Tora! the Japanese government wanted to deliver their declaration of war before the attack on Pear Harbor, but ended up delivering it after the attack. Why was it so important that they deliver the declaration before the attack?	192	Ildrei