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If I am a British or French soldier in WWI; my army attachment just had a big push and we sustained high casualties. I got scared halfway through no man's land and came back to the trenches. What was REALISTICALLY likely to happen to me?	47
A large percentage of vets came back from WWI with horrendous stories and many, if not most, had PTSD from their experiences. They were famous for being the "never again" generation. How did their stories of war affect recruitment as WWII was ramping up in 39/40?	45
Would we (realistically) be able to decipher ancient Egypt hieroglyphics without the Rosetta stone? Even with today's technology?	39
Hollywood often depicts seafaring people like the vikings as people who used to acclimate to the movement of a ship on the ocean sea. Was there any record of seafaring people that needed to get their "land legs" when leaving a ship after months at sea?	34
Were any captured Canadian forces thought to be American in British uniform in secret before the US entered both WWI and 2?	32
In Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans", he mentioned they "opened up their squirrel guns" on the British. What were those squirrel guns he was referring to?	25
We're the Mongols aware of the Huns? Aside from their famous horse archers etc, did they use Hun tactics/culture/law knowing it was originally from the Huns?	20
In Dark Ages Europe: how would the average person have gone from city to city across an empire or country? Would they have to hire a mercenary? Travel guide? Just go it alone and hope it all works out?	19
How far back would one have to go before most people associated "self" or thoughts having been originating from their brain?	17
I am a British or French soldier in WWI. My army attachment just had a big offensive push. I got scared halfway through no man's land and came back to the trenches. What is likely to happen to me next?	16

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