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Second try: King Richard the Lionheart was held captive in Germany as he tried to make his way home from the Crusades. How might he have been treated? What precautions were taken to ensure that his ransom arrived in one piece?

168 upvotes • ForWhomTheBoneBones

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Watched Smokey and the Bandit. Was there actually a time in American history where blocker cars, caravans in defiance of the law, and groups of truckers could openly defy the law?

168 upvotes • RoblerLobler

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How did ancient mines work?

168 upvotes • Polly_the_Parrot

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I just watched the 1960 Twilight Zone episode 'The Big Tall Wish' which features an all Black main cast. How unusual was this? Did other TV shows do single episodes that featured an all black casts, or black leads?

168 upvotes • mytimeoutside

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Why did the umlaut (¨) become popular in metal culture?

168 upvotes • jim45804

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How were empires such as Byzantium and the Ottomans able to field armies in the tens of thousands (or even 100,000) while western armies a fraction that size had issues with starvation? What were the respective logistical networks like?

168 upvotes • Comrade-Chernov

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Who were the Huns?

168 upvotes • Scottish_Prussian

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When and why did "mercenary" become such a rare profession?

168 upvotes • PostapocCelt

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Has there ever been a push to ban libraries by the book publishing industry?

168 upvotes • some_random_guy_5345

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Why do Americans call it the Vietnam War and not the Vietnamese War (like for instance the Korean War, American Revolution, Russo-Japanese War, etc.)?

168 upvotes • CherchezLV

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Second try: King Richard the Lionheart was held captive in Germany as he tried to make his way home from the Crusades. How might he have been treated? What precautions were taken to ensure that his ransom arrived in one piece?	168	ForWhomTheBoneBones
Watched Smokey and the Bandit. Was there actually a time in American history where blocker cars, caravans in defiance of the law, and groups of truckers could openly defy the law?	168	RoblerLobler
How did ancient mines work?	168	Polly_the_Parrot
I just watched the 1960 Twilight Zone episode 'The Big Tall Wish' which features an all Black main cast. How unusual was this? Did other TV shows do single episodes that featured an all black casts, or black leads?	168	mytimeoutside
Why did the umlaut (¨) become popular in metal culture?	168	jim45804
How were empires such as Byzantium and the Ottomans able to field armies in the tens of thousands (or even 100,000) while western armies a fraction that size had issues with starvation? What were the respective logistical networks like?	168	Comrade-Chernov
Who were the Huns?	168	Scottish_Prussian
When and why did "mercenary" become such a rare profession?	168	PostapocCelt
Has there ever been a push to ban libraries by the book publishing industry?	168	some_random_guy_5345
Why do Americans call it the Vietnam War and not the Vietnamese War (like for instance the Korean War, American Revolution, Russo-Japanese War, etc.)?	168	CherchezLV