/u/LukeInTheSkyWith's posts
The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora was one of the largest in recorded history and quite a lot has been written about its global consequences (causing the 1816 being the Year Without a Summer - bringing hunger). What about the local consequences? What role did it play in Indonesia's development?
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Was there a dedicated/recommended cycling attire, either for ladies or gentlemen, in the second half of the 19th century?
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Do we know what happened to Pompeia after Caesar divorced her for not being "above suspicion" in the Bona Dea festival controversy?
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Were there any manuals or schools of hand-to-hand combat available in England or France in the Late Middle Ages? I know fencing and alike were popular, but what about weaponless combat? Did martial arts from different cultures found their way into Europe (in whatever small way) at the time?
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How effective and reliable were pigeons as means of communication in WWI? Is it possible to estimate how much was lost/miscommunicated in their use? How were they trained?
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Was the practice of putting blanks as well as live ammunition into different rifles of a firing squad during WWI widely used or were the soldiers just told so, to make the task a bit easier on their psyche? Did this originate in WWI or was it common among firing squads before?
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Nokmim (The Avengers) were Jewish partisans who later formed the organization Nakam (Revenge), with a plan to poison the water supply of German cities as a revenge for the Holocaust. They successfully poisoned several hundred German POWs with arsenic-laced bread. I’d like to know more about them.
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Did the Seneca women have a veto power over matters of war? What was the role of women in diplomacy in the Iroquois League of the 18th and early 19th century?
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Besides establishing a base for whaling, was there any specific reason for Nazis to claim the Antarctic territory of Neuschwabenland? Were there any longterm plans for its use?
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