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Did Native Americans use Swords?

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The 1995 Apollo 13 film has Odsessey's Reentry communications Blackout last about five minutes, two minutes longer than the stated (in film) longest previous blackout of three minutes. How accurate is this?

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HMS Hood was due for a refit when she had her date with destiny in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. How extensive was this refit envisioned to be?

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I've seen multiple places online assert that Charles II granted the English East India Company a substantially Autonomy Increasing Charter in 1670. I can't find anything actually substantiating it's existence. Was such a charter granted? Does a surviving copy exist?

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What musical instruments were there in 0CE?

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What did Japan do during World War I?

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Just how effective was the Parliamentarian New Model Army?

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Both World Wars featured large numbers of women taking up 'Masculine' jobs in Industry. Did this occur during other, pre WW-1 'Industrial Era' Wars?

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Why did Turkey invade Cyprus?

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What did worship look like during the Roman Era?

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Did Native Americans use Swords?	15
The 1995 Apollo 13 film has Odsessey's Reentry communications Blackout last about five minutes, two minutes longer than the stated (in film) longest previous blackout of three minutes. How accurate is this?	14
HMS Hood was due for a refit when she had her date with destiny in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. How extensive was this refit envisioned to be?	14
I've seen multiple places online assert that Charles II granted the English East India Company a substantially Autonomy Increasing Charter in 1670. I can't find anything actually substantiating it's existence. Was such a charter granted? Does a surviving copy exist?	13
What musical instruments were there in 0CE?	11
What did Japan do during World War I?	11
Just how effective was the Parliamentarian New Model Army?	11
Both World Wars featured large numbers of women taking up 'Masculine' jobs in Industry. Did this occur during other, pre WW-1 'Industrial Era' Wars?	11
Why did Turkey invade Cyprus?	10
What did worship look like during the Roman Era?	10