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How did medieval knights dress when not in battle? Did they just wear normal (presumably expensive) medieval clothes, or did they have some sort of uniform or other "badge of office" garment worn to advertize their status as knights?

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Aztec sculptures sometimes depict humanoid figures wearing goggles. Did the Aztecs themselves ever wear goggles? What was the purpose of the goggles?

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Did any ancient culture have warning pictograms analogous to modern hazard signs?

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How and why did people in Scotland go from wearing trousers while most other cultures were wearing kilts, robes, or tunics to wearing kilts while most other cultures were wearing trousers?

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Why did the anglicized spellings of many words originating in the Muslim and Hindu world change some time after the turn of the 20th century, even though in most cases the pronunciations did not?

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Historically, have actual thieves ever worn domino masks to disguise their identities, or is that entirely an invention of the media?

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When did office towers start having the logo of the company occupying them printed across the top floor, and what were the conventions for skyscraper signage before that?

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If someone in the 1920s wanted a copy of an illustration from a library book, how would they have gotten it?

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Was Gypsy Davey a real person?

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The Tomb of Zeus

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How did medieval knights dress when not in battle? Did they just wear normal (presumably expensive) medieval clothes, or did they have some sort of uniform or other "badge of office" garment worn to advertize their status as knights?	611
Aztec sculptures sometimes depict humanoid figures wearing goggles. Did the Aztecs themselves ever wear goggles? What was the purpose of the goggles?	27
Did any ancient culture have warning pictograms analogous to modern hazard signs?	21
How and why did people in Scotland go from wearing trousers while most other cultures were wearing kilts, robes, or tunics to wearing kilts while most other cultures were wearing trousers?	12
Why did the anglicized spellings of many words originating in the Muslim and Hindu world change some time after the turn of the 20th century, even though in most cases the pronunciations did not?	9
Historically, have actual thieves ever worn domino masks to disguise their identities, or is that entirely an invention of the media?	6
When did office towers start having the logo of the company occupying them printed across the top floor, and what were the conventions for skyscraper signage before that?	5
If someone in the 1920s wanted a copy of an illustration from a library book, how would they have gotten it?	3
Was Gypsy Davey a real person?	2
The Tomb of Zeus	2