/u/ColbyStein's posts
Why do all national flags, bar two, have either red, white, or blue? And many flags having all three? Why are these three colours so incredibly popular?
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What were the thoughts of the Japanese Emperor going into the war with the US? The US isn't China: was he optimistic or concerned about direct conflict with such a powerful nation?
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In Western law, when did the concept of "manslaughter" as opposed to "murder" first appear and what was the original distinction?
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[WP] You arrive in heaven only to find the various gods of history arguing about what fate should befall the various types of people who have found themselves there post-death.
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Did any indigenous cultures around the world view the arrival of European settlers as fulfilling of doomsday prophecies in their native religion?
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Apparently only a small number of people can voluntarily contract the tensor tympani muscle in their ear. What are the actual statistics and is this just an inconsequential evolutionary accident?
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u/Beltharean mentioned that some of the Saxon nobility disposed of by the Normans went on to become mercenaries, notably in the Byzantine Empire. At the risk of being too vague, can someone explain how this occurred and what impact it had?
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