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When and why did it become common for garments sold on the high street to have nonsense phrases on?

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What do we know about the Ostbatallions in Normandy 1944?

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What's the history of the "Marshal Wade" verse of the British National Anthem?

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Calais was English for centuries and AFAIK had a widely English-speaking population for some of that time. Did it ever acquire an "anglicised" name or pronunciation, and if so, when did it fall out of use?

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A backfiring car masking or being mistaken for a gunshot is a staple of crime fiction. I don't believe I, at 41, have ever actually heard one. What is a "backfire", how common was it, when did it stop being a thing cars did and was it really that easily mistaken for a gunshot?

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In WW1, how did the instructions from the top-level Generals/Field-Marshals etc get translated down to the lower levels of command?

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Same-sex marriages in the 1990s

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Thoughts on this WWI thread in /r/history?

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What can you tell me about this artwork, apparently a 15th century French depiction of cave-people? (link in explanation)

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Was there any connection between the Seleucids and the Seljuks, or is the similarity in names just a coincidence?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When and why did it become common for garments sold on the high street to have nonsense phrases on?	11	AskHistorians
What do we know about the Ostbatallions in Normandy 1944?	11	AskHistorians
What's the history of the "Marshal Wade" verse of the British National Anthem?	11	AskHistorians
Calais was English for centuries and AFAIK had a widely English-speaking population for some of that time. Did it ever acquire an "anglicised" name or pronunciation, and if so, when did it fall out of use?	11	AskHistorians
A backfiring car masking or being mistaken for a gunshot is a staple of crime fiction. I don't believe I, at 41, have ever actually heard one. What is a "backfire", how common was it, when did it stop being a thing cars did and was it really that easily mistaken for a gunshot?	10	AskHistorians
In WW1, how did the instructions from the top-level Generals/Field-Marshals etc get translated down to the lower levels of command?	10	AskHistorians
Same-sex marriages in the 1990s	9	AskHistorians
Thoughts on this WWI thread in /r/history?	9	AskHistorians
What can you tell me about this artwork, apparently a 15th century French depiction of cave-people? (link in explanation)	9	AskHistorians
Was there any connection between the Seleucids and the Seljuks, or is the similarity in names just a coincidence?	8	AskHistorians