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What was the longest war in history? How common were "long" wars?

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I was watching "Singing in the Rain", and noticed that the road is made of bricks. When did modern roads start being made with bitumen/tar/asphalt instead of bricks and cobblestones and other traditional materials? Why? Was there any pushback?

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In Ragnar's Saga, Sigurd Snake-Eye leads an army when he's five years old. This seems a bit young to be leading an army, but it got me thinking - who is the youngest military leader that we know about?

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How realistic is the fantasy trope of wars lasting centuries? How common were multi-decade wars, really?

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What did John Rabe, the Nazi official who tried to stop Japanese warcrimes in Nanjing, think about the German atrocities against European Jews, Roma, etc.?

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Why do people ask such questions as "How do deaf people think"? What does language have to do with thought?

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[EU]Hundreds of years before the time of The Last Airbender/Legend of Aang, there was an evil, villainous Avatar

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[WP] Life or intelligent life in the universe is rare, and nobody knows why. Write about why life is so rare, and what happens when people find out.

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I'm an ancient Greek geometer. What's my life like? What was my education like, and what are my qualifications? How do I make my living? What does research look like? How do my contemporaries who aren't mathematicians view me and the work that I do?

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How accurate is PragerU's new video about Cesar Chavez?

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What was the longest war in history? How common were "long" wars?	1	AskHistorians
I was watching "Singing in the Rain", and noticed that the road is made of bricks. When did modern roads start being made with bitumen/tar/asphalt instead of bricks and cobblestones and other traditional materials? Why? Was there any pushback?	1	AskHistorians
In Ragnar's Saga, Sigurd Snake-Eye leads an army when he's five years old. This seems a bit young to be leading an army, but it got me thinking - who is the youngest military leader that we know about?	1	AskHistorians
How realistic is the fantasy trope of wars lasting centuries? How common were multi-decade wars, really?	1	AskHistorians
What did John Rabe, the Nazi official who tried to stop Japanese warcrimes in Nanjing, think about the German atrocities against European Jews, Roma, etc.?	1	AskHistorians
Why do people ask such questions as "How do deaf people think"? What does language have to do with thought?	1	askscience
[EU]Hundreds of years before the time of The Last Airbender/Legend of Aang, there was an evil, villainous Avatar	1	WritingPrompts
[WP] Life or intelligent life in the universe is rare, and nobody knows why. Write about why life is so rare, and what happens when people find out.	1	WritingPrompts
I'm an ancient Greek geometer. What's my life like? What was my education like, and what are my qualifications? How do I make my living? What does research look like? How do my contemporaries who aren't mathematicians view me and the work that I do?	1	AskHistorians
How accurate is PragerU's new video about Cesar Chavez?	1	AskHistorians