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When we hear the word “alien”, we think of this skinny, grey looking creature with massive black eyes. Where did this picture originally come from?
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England's elite noble families gathered in London each summer for "the season," finding matches among themselves for their children and generally hobnobbing. This went on into the 20th century. What happened to the season? How did it fade away?
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Does Rome actually rank as one of the 'best' human civilizations of all time, or is our historical narrative just biased that way?
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Suppose you went back in time and visited a small English farming village in AD 937 and then again in AD 1337. (Amusing you couldn't tell by land marks ....or just ask anyone the date) How could tell which was which?
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How did British soldiers generally fare in hand-to-hand combat with Zulu warriors and other enemies who made heavier use of traditional melee weapons?
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Almost everything I've read about Vlad the Impaler seem completely false or exaggerated. How many of his atrocities actually happened and how many are the stuff of legend or propaganda? (in Germany and Tsarist Russia)
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I am a foot soldier in a medieval army that's about to clash in an even battle. Will standing in the front be suicide? Can I choose to be in the back?
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I am an average crewman on a pirate ship during the Golden Age of Piracy and I joined a crew as soon as I could in life. I have been lucky and I am finding that I am now no longer as young as I used to be. What does my life begin to look like as I go into middle age and eventually old age?
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