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I was watching a video of Japan's surrender at the end of WWII and was surprised to see the documents signed with multiple pens so they could be given as keepsakes, even 80 years ago. Just how old is the multi-pen tradition, and what is its history?
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Are there any examples of technological feats from history that scientists today are unable to replicate?
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I've heard that, in the Vietnam War, Vietnamese land mines were specifically designed to injure rather than kill in order to get medics to expose themselves to snipers while treating land mine victims. Is there truth to this? Or was it an American narrative built around an observed phenomenon?
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Videogames and movies have popularized "dual-wielding", the idea of holding two separate offensive weapons (guns, swords, etc) in combat, one in each hand. Are there any examples from history where was seriously employed in combat?
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Why is it that when eating spicey foods, drinking water briefly "cool down" the flavor, only to have it return as soon as you swallow the water?
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Refining another question: How common were "dead or alive" bounties in the mid-to-late-1800's United States, especially in the so-called "Wild West"? How did someone collect such a bounty? Were their often cases of fraud?
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On r/TIL, someone posted that spacesuits, immediately after a spacewalk, smell like seared steak and/or hot metal. Can anyone explain this?
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Why does it take several days after exposure to poison ivy for a rash to form? What is happening in our skin that there's such a long delay?
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