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In Tora! Tora! Tora! the Japanese government wanted to deliver their declaration of war before the attack on Pear Harbor, but ended up delivering it after the attack. Why was it so important that they deliver the declaration before the attack?

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Why was the medieval depiction of the pelican so absurd?

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In Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog (1949), a rookie detective tracks down his stolen Colt pistol. What was the distribution of firearms in post-war Japan?

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Did Diogenes really run into Plato's Academy with a plucked chicken saying "Behold, a man!" when Plato defined Man as a featherless biped?

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Was the Japanese Imperial Family really so poor in the Medieval period that they couldn't afford their own funerals?

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Did Date Masamune carry a golden cross when he was summoned to Kyoto by Hideyoshi Toyotomi?

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Did bandits in Japanese history really never wear pants?

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In Tora! Tora! Tora! the Japanese government wanted to deliver their declaration of war before the attack on Pear Harbor, but ended up delivering it after the attack. Would anything have changed if they had been able to deliver it beforehand?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In Tora! Tora! Tora! the Japanese government wanted to deliver their declaration of war before the attack on Pear Harbor, but ended up delivering it after the attack. Why was it so important that they deliver the declaration before the attack?	192
Why was the medieval depiction of the pelican so absurd?	80
In Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog (1949), a rookie detective tracks down his stolen Colt pistol. What was the distribution of firearms in post-war Japan?	10
Did Diogenes really run into Plato's Academy with a plucked chicken saying "Behold, a man!" when Plato defined Man as a featherless biped?	7
Was the Japanese Imperial Family really so poor in the Medieval period that they couldn't afford their own funerals?	2
Did Date Masamune carry a golden cross when he was summoned to Kyoto by Hideyoshi Toyotomi?	2
Did bandits in Japanese history really never wear pants?	1
In Tora! Tora! Tora! the Japanese government wanted to deliver their declaration of war before the attack on Pear Harbor, but ended up delivering it after the attack. Would anything have changed if they had been able to deliver it beforehand?	1