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In 820, the Byzantine Emperor Leo V planned to execute his general Michael by chaining him to an ape and throwing them into a furnace. Besides how he came up with this strange idea, were outlandish execution methods like these common in the Byzantine Empire?

173 upvotes • StoakhTheVarangian

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How did merchant vessels, before 1700, go up and down rivers with very strong current? Like for example the Danube or the Rhine in Europe, during the Middle Ages?

173 upvotes • cowsnake1

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How can we be sure Shakespeare invented so many words when his plays are also touted as one of the few sources of 16th century common English?

173 upvotes • Carnieus

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Why did the City of New York (Manhattan) develop faster and more prosperously than Brooklyn or Staten Island?

173 upvotes • 123helpmefrommyself

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Was Frank Abagnale lying the whole time?

173 upvotes • streetyeezus

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How did armies deal with rapists prior to rape becoming a war crime post-WW2? NSFW

173 upvotes • [deleted]

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President Andrew Jackson had a pet parrot "Poll" who famously had to be removed from the funeral for swearing. My question is , whatever happened to Poll?

173 upvotes • CDfm

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What did marble sculptors do with all of the excess marble they chipped away?

173 upvotes • Gavvy_P

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In a deleted scene for the movie Jarhead, the marines are seen in 'the rear' (I'm guessing Saudi Arabia) driving past what seems to be a typical American neighbourhood. What's going on there?

173 upvotes • ConorIRL1595

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Quebec separatism from Canada was a significant political movement in the 20th century. How was Quebecious independence viewed in France? Did the French people support it? Did Quebec separatists court France as an ally to their cause?

173 upvotes • God-bear

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In 820, the Byzantine Emperor Leo V planned to execute his general Michael by chaining him to an ape and throwing them into a furnace. Besides how he came up with this strange idea, were outlandish execution methods like these common in the Byzantine Empire?	173	StoakhTheVarangian
How did merchant vessels, before 1700, go up and down rivers with very strong current? Like for example the Danube or the Rhine in Europe, during the Middle Ages?	173	cowsnake1
How can we be sure Shakespeare invented so many words when his plays are also touted as one of the few sources of 16th century common English?	173	Carnieus
Why did the City of New York (Manhattan) develop faster and more prosperously than Brooklyn or Staten Island?	173	123helpmefrommyself
Was Frank Abagnale lying the whole time?	173	streetyeezus
How did armies deal with rapists prior to rape becoming a war crime post-WW2? NSFW	173	[deleted]
President Andrew Jackson had a pet parrot "Poll" who famously had to be removed from the funeral for swearing. My question is , whatever happened to Poll?	173	CDfm
What did marble sculptors do with all of the excess marble they chipped away?	173	Gavvy_P
In a deleted scene for the movie Jarhead, the marines are seen in 'the rear' (I'm guessing Saudi Arabia) driving past what seems to be a typical American neighbourhood. What's going on there?	173	ConorIRL1595
Quebec separatism from Canada was a significant political movement in the 20th century. How was Quebecious independence viewed in France? Did the French people support it? Did Quebec separatists court France as an ally to their cause?	173	God-bear