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During periods where fashionable female dress featured low necklines, are there records of women objecting to exposing themselves to the male gaze in this way?

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The image of a castle or town gate guarded by two liveried men with polearms is pretty ubiquitous throughout media set in any "medieval" or similar situation. Was it ever accurate, and where did it come from if not?

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There's a current advertising campaign in the UK for "Caffeine Shampoo". It doesn't actually make any claims for the benefits of caffeine in shampoo, but are there any?

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What do we know about the origins of the "Bellamy Salute", the origins of the "Hitlergruß" (which I've always understood was borrowed from the Italian Fascists), and were either originated in an idea of a "Roman Salute" that according to an answer from ~5 years ago was invented in the 18th century.?

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How well-developed was the French resistance, in particular in terms of assisting downed Allied airmen, in early 1941?

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Was the Abwehr as hilariously inept in its attempts to infiltrate agents into Britain as various sources suggest?

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How soon after the invention of the automobile did they replace horse drawn cabs?

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What's the deal with all the Sumerian stuff in Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash"

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During (or in the lead up to) the American Civil War, was any consideration given by the Confederacy to moving the capital from Richmond to somewhere further from the front lines?

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Why did the sport of Association Football never spread as strongly to the Empire as it did in other places?

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During periods where fashionable female dress featured low necklines, are there records of women objecting to exposing themselves to the male gaze in this way?	1	AskHistorians
The image of a castle or town gate guarded by two liveried men with polearms is pretty ubiquitous throughout media set in any "medieval" or similar situation. Was it ever accurate, and where did it come from if not?	1	AskHistorians
There's a current advertising campaign in the UK for "Caffeine Shampoo". It doesn't actually make any claims for the benefits of caffeine in shampoo, but are there any?	1	askscience
What do we know about the origins of the "Bellamy Salute", the origins of the "Hitlergruß" (which I've always understood was borrowed from the Italian Fascists), and were either originated in an idea of a "Roman Salute" that according to an answer from ~5 years ago was invented in the 18th century.?	1	AskHistorians
How well-developed was the French resistance, in particular in terms of assisting downed Allied airmen, in early 1941?	1	AskHistorians
Was the Abwehr as hilariously inept in its attempts to infiltrate agents into Britain as various sources suggest?	1	AskHistorians
How soon after the invention of the automobile did they replace horse drawn cabs?	1	AskHistorians
What's the deal with all the Sumerian stuff in Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash"	1	AskHistorians
During (or in the lead up to) the American Civil War, was any consideration given by the Confederacy to moving the capital from Richmond to somewhere further from the front lines?	1	AskHistorians
Why did the sport of Association Football never spread as strongly to the Empire as it did in other places?	1	AskHistorians