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During the Cimbrian War, after succesfully defeating both Teutones and Cimbri (and the other allied tribes), Marius and his army are said to take tens of thousands of captives. How were they able to contain an army worth of prisoners without the war effort coming to a complete halt?	253
I am a French noble in the 1700s and it's ever so hot today. I shall require cooling and refreshments. What is at my disposal?	212
The Canadian separatist organization Front de libération du Québec was dissolved in 1970 after the October Crisis (kidnapping and murdering a cabinet member). What was their main legacy and did some other terrorist organization try to take their place?	199
In Blackadder, there’s lots of fun being made of William Pitt the Younger (24 when he became the Prime Minister) and the Pitt family in general, presuming younger and younger Pitts coming to power. What was the extend of the Pitts’ influence on British politics after Pitt the Younger?	189
Do we have any actual records about the supposed Operation Tamarisk, during which Western agents starved Soviets of toilet paper, thus making them use documents to wipe their butts and later retrieving these soiled documents from garbage bins?	186
Would a person in 19th century London find any unsolicited advertising mail going into their letter box?	171
I'm a Puritan teenager in New England, 1655. Is there anything close to naughty I can get my hands on and read/see to satisfy the devil within me? (NSFW) NSFW	164
How come that the word "pudding" refers to a rather specific food pretty much everywhere, but it essentially means "dessert" in the UK? Was there a shift in the use of it in the U.S. over time?	153
The Sutton Hoo burial helmet has an ornamental mustache. Do we know much about the male fashion and grooming preferences of the early Anglo-Saxon period in Britain? Is the helmet indicative of it?	143
Is it true that the Soviet Union's flag originally included a sword and Lenin shut the idea down for seeming too aggressive? How much do we know about the process and authorship behind the final flag?	135

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