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It's 1778 and my friend writes me a letter saying I should visit him in another colony, how do I find his home? Did people have addresses like we do today, or would it be directions based off of landmarks?
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The Ilyushin Il-2 is the second most produced aircraft in history, with over 36,000 aircraft produced in a four year period. However only one flyable example survives today. Why did it suffer such an incredibly small survival rate after WW2?
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The first King of Portugal was a Medieval Erasmus kid: the son of a Burgundian knight and a Castillian noblewoman, he ruled over a population speaking Galaico-Portuguese and Arabic. Do we know what languages he spoke, and if he had an accent? Wasn't he seen as a foreigner in the eyes of the natives?
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What happened that cause the size of armies to go from hundreds of thousands in the time of Alexander the Great to just mere thousands in the time of the battle of Agincourt?
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Is it true that baths and personal hygiene were considered dangerous for your health during the 16th/17th century in Europe?
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In the video game 'Dark Souls' there is an order of knights who are known for wearing extremely round and bulbous armor (photo linked inside). Could such armor be practical for a soldier of the middle ages?
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