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In both "The Great Escape" and "Bridge Over the River Kwai", whistling seemed to be very important to troop morale. Is this historically documented?
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Film and television frequently portray people in the early-mid 20th century United States as dressing in suits to do everyday activities. How realistic is this? Would it have been unusual for someone to, say, buy groceries wearing an undershirt and trousers?
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When Seleucus received 500 Indian war elephants as part of a treaty how were the men (or women?) responsible for the elephants treated? Were they now slaves to Seleucus or did the Greeks know how to operate the elephants themselves?
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Did the vikings ever experience shell shock? Or was violence so common that battles did not negatively affect them?
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What does pre-modern grief look like? How did it change from times when mortality rates were much higher? Did the Black Death change how grief was expressed?
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How were people of color treated in the early 19th century in England. I am watching "The Frankenstein Chronicles" and there is a black policeman as a main character and no one seems to make an issue of it. I'm having trouble believing that would be accurate. The story takes place in 1827-1830.
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Why did the British make West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) one country in the 1947 partition? They are 2000 km apart!
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