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A common trope in medieval themed films has the leaders from both sides searching and finding each other on the open field for a "final battle". Have there ever been any occasions of this actually happening?

145 upvotes • CrashRiot

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Why is Portugal not a part of Spain? It seems like Spain should have naturally absorbed all of the regions on the Iberian peninsula, so how did Portugal resist their influence?

145 upvotes • ForrSure

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Question about the spread of Latin in the Western Roman Empire.

145 upvotes • AidezMoiAMeSouvenir

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Prior to obtaining the "scientific answer" for seeing your breath in the cold, what did people used to think was happening during the winter?

145 upvotes • goateguy

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How did North Korea get into the position it's in?

145 upvotes • total_aggieny

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When the English Civil War was starting in the early 1640s, the enormously costly Thirty Years War had been raging for over 20 years on the Continent. Were there Englishmen who were worried that the start of war in England would be similarly destructive, and if so why were they unable to stop it?

145 upvotes • ManicMarine

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My family has a ton of German WWI artifacts and a few from WWII. What should we do with them?

145 upvotes • NicoHollis

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Today, it takes me 10 minutes to make the arrangements for a 5 hour (plane) journey. How does this ratio of planning to travel compare to a similar journey 200 years ago?

145 upvotes • roflmaololol

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Has anyone mapped out the sources of East-coast US accents?

145 upvotes • mr-tibbs

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When did foreign countries begin referring to the Russian Government (1917-1991) as 'Soviets' rather than 'Bolsheviks'?

145 upvotes • marmite182

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A common trope in medieval themed films has the leaders from both sides searching and finding each other on the open field for a "final battle". Have there ever been any occasions of this actually happening?	145	CrashRiot
Why is Portugal not a part of Spain? It seems like Spain should have naturally absorbed all of the regions on the Iberian peninsula, so how did Portugal resist their influence?	145	ForrSure
Question about the spread of Latin in the Western Roman Empire.	145	AidezMoiAMeSouvenir
Prior to obtaining the "scientific answer" for seeing your breath in the cold, what did people used to think was happening during the winter?	145	goateguy
How did North Korea get into the position it's in?	145	total_aggieny
When the English Civil War was starting in the early 1640s, the enormously costly Thirty Years War had been raging for over 20 years on the Continent. Were there Englishmen who were worried that the start of war in England would be similarly destructive, and if so why were they unable to stop it?	145	ManicMarine
My family has a ton of German WWI artifacts and a few from WWII. What should we do with them?	145	NicoHollis
Today, it takes me 10 minutes to make the arrangements for a 5 hour (plane) journey. How does this ratio of planning to travel compare to a similar journey 200 years ago?	145	roflmaololol
Has anyone mapped out the sources of East-coast US accents?	145	mr-tibbs
When did foreign countries begin referring to the Russian Government (1917-1991) as 'Soviets' rather than 'Bolsheviks'?	145	marmite182