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When I look into European dragons, most of the culture around them is either in the form of heraldry or as the monsters killed by heroes (mainly St George, Siegfried/Sigurd, and Beowulf). Is there really anything else to look into for the European conception of a "dragon"?

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How would medieval warriors compare with modern experts of the same weapons?

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Milo of Croton was said to have been able to carry a bull up a mountain. What would be the likely weight of a bull in 6th century BCE Crotonia?

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How did Greek Philosophers explain gravity?

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In the TV show "Hell on Wheels"(Takes place in the late 1860s), a Norwegian immigrant constantly corrects people who call him Swedish. Would there have been a distinction?

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In America, how popular was Hitler to non-nazis between 1940 and the attack on pearl harbor?

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Are there any accounts of Pacific Islanders eating Christian missionaries that are considered reliable today?

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Did Spanish colonizers in the Americas make, or at least encourage, Native families to change their names to something more Spanish?

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Is there any evidence of a mongol army ever marching behind a "Human shield" of slaves?

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in Georgia's Document of secession, the claim is made that Northern industry was dependent on the federal government to block foreign trade, while Southern industry was not. How true was this?

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When I look into European dragons, most of the culture around them is either in the form of heraldry or as the monsters killed by heroes (mainly St George, Siegfried/Sigurd, and Beowulf). Is there really anything else to look into for the European conception of a "dragon"?	7
How would medieval warriors compare with modern experts of the same weapons?	6
Milo of Croton was said to have been able to carry a bull up a mountain. What would be the likely weight of a bull in 6th century BCE Crotonia?	6
How did Greek Philosophers explain gravity?	6
In the TV show "Hell on Wheels"(Takes place in the late 1860s), a Norwegian immigrant constantly corrects people who call him Swedish. Would there have been a distinction?	6
In America, how popular was Hitler to non-nazis between 1940 and the attack on pearl harbor?	5
Are there any accounts of Pacific Islanders eating Christian missionaries that are considered reliable today?	5
Did Spanish colonizers in the Americas make, or at least encourage, Native families to change their names to something more Spanish?	5
Is there any evidence of a mongol army ever marching behind a "Human shield" of slaves?	5
in Georgia's Document of secession, the claim is made that Northern industry was dependent on the federal government to block foreign trade, while Southern industry was not. How true was this?	5