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you know in cowboy movies everybody has a hand gun. How common was hand gun ownership in the USA of the 1890s?

549 upvotes • grapp

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What do we know about Sun Tzu as a person?

549 upvotes • pueojit

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How recognizable would the Greco-Roman pantheon at the time of the Theodosian decrees (389-391 AD) have been to someone living in Rome around 40 BC?

549 upvotes • chikindiner

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I often come across claims that Italy stated to Germany that they would not be ready for war until mid-1942, but Hitler went ahead with declaring war anyway. Did Mussolini or any Italian ambassador make such a statement? or is it fiction to rationalize the poor state of the Italian Army in 1940?

549 upvotes • quiaudetvincet

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How Did Jewish & Arabic Dietary Laws Adapt to New Animals in the Americas?

549 upvotes • Zeuvembie

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Did ancient physicians know about food allergies?

549 upvotes • fiftythreestudio

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Was Thomas Edison really as terrible as people claim he was?

549 upvotes • levi_Kazama209

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When was the key invented? How did people protect their belongings before the invention of the key?

548 upvotes • zozeman0

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I'm an average English person in the 1300s, how much do I know about the world?

548 upvotes • fluntcap

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Kind of odd, but the question has always made me wonder: what is our earliest record of acne, what was the stigma that went with it, and what is our earliest depiction of it in art/photography?

548 upvotes • WithForte

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you know in cowboy movies everybody has a hand gun. How common was hand gun ownership in the USA of the 1890s?	549	grapp
What do we know about Sun Tzu as a person?	549	pueojit
How recognizable would the Greco-Roman pantheon at the time of the Theodosian decrees (389-391 AD) have been to someone living in Rome around 40 BC?	549	chikindiner
I often come across claims that Italy stated to Germany that they would not be ready for war until mid-1942, but Hitler went ahead with declaring war anyway. Did Mussolini or any Italian ambassador make such a statement? or is it fiction to rationalize the poor state of the Italian Army in 1940?	549	quiaudetvincet
How Did Jewish & Arabic Dietary Laws Adapt to New Animals in the Americas?	549	Zeuvembie
Did ancient physicians know about food allergies?	549	fiftythreestudio
Was Thomas Edison really as terrible as people claim he was?	549	levi_Kazama209
When was the key invented? How did people protect their belongings before the invention of the key?	548	zozeman0
I'm an average English person in the 1300s, how much do I know about the world?	548	fluntcap
Kind of odd, but the question has always made me wonder: what is our earliest record of acne, what was the stigma that went with it, and what is our earliest depiction of it in art/photography?	548	WithForte