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Where did the pronunciation "leftenant" used in commonwealth armies come from? And why is the pronunciation "loo-tenant" used in America given the shared linguistic heritage?

464 upvotes • sunofsomething

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It is often said that middle age era male English skeletons are deformed due to excessive archery practice, are examples of such deformities found in warrior cultures as well? (Mongols, Huns, Spartans, etc)

464 upvotes • Demsale

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It's 1968, I'm a US soldier patrolling through Vietnam jungle and I just ate my C-ration. What do I do with empty can(s)?

464 upvotes • Ohnoes_in_distress

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Why were Ghengis Khan and his successors so brutal in their methods? Was steppe warfare always this violent and brutal?

464 upvotes • lgbt_turtle

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Europa Universalis 4 depicts the Caribbean as one of the most productive regions in the Americas, only rivaled by parts of Mexico and the Andes. Were the tiny islands of the Caribbean really this economically valuable? If so, why?

464 upvotes • Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX

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When and why did Romans name their children after numbers?

464 upvotes • thwi

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To all the historians on here with a tag/flair, please give me one or two super awesome bits of history from your respective areas of expertise.

463 upvotes • DJ_Buttons

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What is an example of humour from your period/region of study?

463 upvotes • BetaPanda

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If you look in the phone book, you'll find Mr/Mrs Green, White, Black, and Brown. But no one has the last name of Yellow or Red or Blue. Why is this?

463 upvotes • __me__

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Did Henry Ford actually pay his automobile employees a relatively higher wage than normal? If so could they afford to buy the cars they were making? Did they actually do that or did they spend their money on other things?

463 upvotes • Shillster

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Where did the pronunciation "leftenant" used in commonwealth armies come from? And why is the pronunciation "loo-tenant" used in America given the shared linguistic heritage?	464	sunofsomething
It is often said that middle age era male English skeletons are deformed due to excessive archery practice, are examples of such deformities found in warrior cultures as well? (Mongols, Huns, Spartans, etc)	464	Demsale
It's 1968, I'm a US soldier patrolling through Vietnam jungle and I just ate my C-ration. What do I do with empty can(s)?	464	Ohnoes_in_distress
Why were Ghengis Khan and his successors so brutal in their methods? Was steppe warfare always this violent and brutal?	464	lgbt_turtle
Europa Universalis 4 depicts the Caribbean as one of the most productive regions in the Americas, only rivaled by parts of Mexico and the Andes. Were the tiny islands of the Caribbean really this economically valuable? If so, why?	464	Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX
When and why did Romans name their children after numbers?	464	thwi
To all the historians on here with a tag/flair, please give me one or two super awesome bits of history from your respective areas of expertise.	463	DJ_Buttons
What is an example of humour from your period/region of study?	463	BetaPanda
If you look in the phone book, you'll find Mr/Mrs Green, White, Black, and Brown. But no one has the last name of Yellow or Red or Blue. Why is this?	463	__me__
Did Henry Ford actually pay his automobile employees a relatively higher wage than normal? If so could they afford to buy the cars they were making? Did they actually do that or did they spend their money on other things?	463	Shillster