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Is this true: For much of the middle ages, it was mandatory in England for the peasants to practice with longbows one day a week. Sunday, iirc. Refusing to practice would be grounds for punishment, because England wanted to make sure they always had archers.
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Potato history - What is the truth of the trope of a person having to peel potatoes in the military as a punishment?
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Did Teddy Roosevelt, as a child, and his family feed starving Italian peasants from the backs of wagons like they would feed the ducks back home?
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How was property distributed and developed in the Colonial United States? When a town is first set up, how did they decide where to build their homes? Were there surveyors or city planners of that era?
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In the 1970s and 1980s, how did placing your quarter on the screen of a video game at the arcade become the defacto signal that you had next game? Where did that start?
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How did a perfect manicured lawn become the the de facto residential landscaping option in the U.S.? How did people maintain yards in cities/towns before turfgrass?
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What happened to the American Progressives in the early 1900s? The ones all in on eugenics and prohibition. Can they be traced to today's politics or did they just disappear?
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Was there ever a time when balloon warfare was a regular military tactic? Was a nation or organization ever known for its balloon tactics?
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