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What were the British contingency plans had the Germans actually successfully pulled of Operation Sea Lion during WWII and invaded Britain? Would the have evacuated government and royal family to one of the colonies and continued to fight from there, or would they have surrendered?

387 upvotes • Semarc01

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How much did John Miltons "Paradise lost" influence todays idea of Satan?

387 upvotes • FatMu

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If the Bow was so superior to Muskets, as often argued by many military theorists, why then did then Native Americans start adopting European Muskets?

387 upvotes • PM_ME_PENIS_PICTURES

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How did Medieval cities deal with large snowfall?

387 upvotes • corruptrevolutionary

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What can Romance of the Three Kingdoms' Liu An carving up his wife and serving her to Liu Bei for dinner tell us about 14th century Chinese values?

387 upvotes • AlucardSX

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How do you feel about Dan Carlin, accuracy-wise?

387 upvotes • beforevirtue

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How would the diet of a medieval king compare to an average persons diet nowadays?

387 upvotes • ActualPimpHagrid

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What kind of insurance policy did the World Trade Center (Twin Towers) have?

387 upvotes • Smoke1000Blunts

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How did so many Medieval bridges end up with houses built on them?

387 upvotes • breakinbread

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In which situations would a WWII submarine use its surface guns?

387 upvotes • cteno4

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What were the British contingency plans had the Germans actually successfully pulled of Operation Sea Lion during WWII and invaded Britain? Would the have evacuated government and royal family to one of the colonies and continued to fight from there, or would they have surrendered?	387	Semarc01
How much did John Miltons "Paradise lost" influence todays idea of Satan?	387	FatMu
If the Bow was so superior to Muskets, as often argued by many military theorists, why then did then Native Americans start adopting European Muskets?	387	PM_ME_PENIS_PICTURES
How did Medieval cities deal with large snowfall?	387	corruptrevolutionary
What can Romance of the Three Kingdoms' Liu An carving up his wife and serving her to Liu Bei for dinner tell us about 14th century Chinese values?	387	AlucardSX
How do you feel about Dan Carlin, accuracy-wise?	387	beforevirtue
How would the diet of a medieval king compare to an average persons diet nowadays?	387	ActualPimpHagrid
What kind of insurance policy did the World Trade Center (Twin Towers) have?	387	Smoke1000Blunts
How did so many Medieval bridges end up with houses built on them?	387	breakinbread
In which situations would a WWII submarine use its surface guns?	387	cteno4