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When and how did "camo" leave the military and hunting worlds to become a fashion pattern?

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[WP] When he died, Gary Gygax went to heaven to GM a final game of Dungeons & Dragons. When he sits down at the celestial table, he realizes that the entire party is made of the most famous historical figures of their given class. That's right: Martin Luther is following way of the Drunken Master.

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Modern day Neo-Confederates often have cognitive dissonance around patriotism, flying both American Flags and Confederate Flags simultaneously. Did actual Confederates during the American Civil War ever attempt to display or affirm patriotism to both?

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Would American sodomy laws have covered... alternative sexual acts, that authorities may not have even thought of as sex? NSFW

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Was the dotcom boom a scam, where most of the people knew they were over-valuing these mostly useless companies and addresses, or was everybody doing it mostly sincerely?

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Today, lots of people conceive of what aliens or their civilizations might look like. Prior to the first contact with indigenous Americans, did Europeans conceive of what they or their cultures would look like?

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Why was the Gadsden Purchase so expensive compared to all of the other land purchases the United States has done?

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Where did Jesus's beard come from?

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I know that Santa Claus is based partly on Saint Nicolas, but where did Mrs. Claus come from?

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Do we know the melody that the Psalms would have been sung with? Why wouldn't that have been included with the Psalms the way modern hymnals are?

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When and how did "camo" leave the military and hunting worlds to become a fashion pattern?	15	AskHistorians
[WP] When he died, Gary Gygax went to heaven to GM a final game of Dungeons & Dragons. When he sits down at the celestial table, he realizes that the entire party is made of the most famous historical figures of their given class. That's right: Martin Luther is following way of the Drunken Master.	15	WritingPrompts
Modern day Neo-Confederates often have cognitive dissonance around patriotism, flying both American Flags and Confederate Flags simultaneously. Did actual Confederates during the American Civil War ever attempt to display or affirm patriotism to both?	15	AskHistorians
Would American sodomy laws have covered... alternative sexual acts, that authorities may not have even thought of as sex? NSFW	14	AskHistorians
Was the dotcom boom a scam, where most of the people knew they were over-valuing these mostly useless companies and addresses, or was everybody doing it mostly sincerely?	14	AskHistorians
Today, lots of people conceive of what aliens or their civilizations might look like. Prior to the first contact with indigenous Americans, did Europeans conceive of what they or their cultures would look like?	14	AskHistorians
Why was the Gadsden Purchase so expensive compared to all of the other land purchases the United States has done?	13	AskHistorians
Where did Jesus's beard come from?	12	AskHistorians
I know that Santa Claus is based partly on Saint Nicolas, but where did Mrs. Claus come from?	12	AskHistorians
Do we know the melody that the Psalms would have been sung with? Why wouldn't that have been included with the Psalms the way modern hymnals are?	11	AskHistorians