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Dan Carlin claims that "You could take the roman army at it's height in history and send it 1000 years forward, drop it back in europe [...] and have it mop the floor with the greatest armies of the early middle ages relatively easily". How true can we assume this is ?

1286 upvotes • Ahuri3

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How much did slaves in America cost in today's money?

1286 upvotes • Fuckin_Fucktard

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The Dutch East India Company seemed to be one of the most influential groups of its time. What exactly happened to it?

1286 upvotes • diceblock

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Andrew Jackson's parrot was supposedly thrown out of his funeral for cursing. Who got the parrot after he died? What happened to it?

1286 upvotes • JohnnyFiveOhAlive

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Whats the history of sexual peircings? Nipple piercings, clit/labia piercings, stuff like that. NSFW

1286 upvotes • meatSaW97

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Why are there what seems like a disproportionate amount of Roman baths still surviving, as compared to other civil buildings?

1286 upvotes • Ill_Doubt

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Given the scale of World War II, its effects on the environment should have been devastating. Were there any records taken on the environmental damages caused by the war? If so, how much did it actually disrupt ecosystems?

1286 upvotes • kinapudno

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What was the Soviet reaction to the assassination of John F Kennedy?

1285 upvotes • selflessGene

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What is the earliest poem/work of fiction known primarily for being bad?

1285 upvotes • islandgardensong

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Is there an internet site where you can read the hieroglyphics from all kinds of relics translated in english?

1285 upvotes • highweelo

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Dan Carlin claims that "You could take the roman army at it's height in history and send it 1000 years forward, drop it back in europe [...] and have it mop the floor with the greatest armies of the early middle ages relatively easily". How true can we assume this is ?	1286	Ahuri3
How much did slaves in America cost in today's money?	1286	Fuckin_Fucktard
The Dutch East India Company seemed to be one of the most influential groups of its time. What exactly happened to it?	1286	diceblock
Andrew Jackson's parrot was supposedly thrown out of his funeral for cursing. Who got the parrot after he died? What happened to it?	1286	JohnnyFiveOhAlive
Whats the history of sexual peircings? Nipple piercings, clit/labia piercings, stuff like that. NSFW	1286	meatSaW97
Why are there what seems like a disproportionate amount of Roman baths still surviving, as compared to other civil buildings?	1286	Ill_Doubt
Given the scale of World War II, its effects on the environment should have been devastating. Were there any records taken on the environmental damages caused by the war? If so, how much did it actually disrupt ecosystems?	1286	kinapudno
What was the Soviet reaction to the assassination of John F Kennedy?	1285	selflessGene
What is the earliest poem/work of fiction known primarily for being bad?	1285	islandgardensong
Is there an internet site where you can read the hieroglyphics from all kinds of relics translated in english?	1285	highweelo