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When the Strasbourg Agreement of 1675 banned poisoned bullets - how did people poison bullets? Was it common?

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The Aztecs and the Tlaxcalans would capture each other for sacrifice and sometimes invite the others to watch because they shared a religious tradition - did they share a "church" hierarchy as well?

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Was the only reason for buying an indulgence from the Church a genuine belief, or was there some other benefit/compulsion?

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Did Aboriginal Australians have distinct military societies and did different peoples fight differently?

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Had the legendary "dwarfs" of Western Europe been associated with Jews before Tolkein (or possibly Wagner)?

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How similar is modern astrology to astrology as practiced by the Ancient Greeks?

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What was there to really enjoy about life as a Puritan in 17th Century England?

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What is the history of The Twelve Caesars (or other Ancient Roman books) AS a manuscript? Were there many different versions? Or just one copy sitting in a library that is canonical? Can we track it edition by edition or country by country over the centuries?

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Are the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum the sole source of information for any detail of Roman history?

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Would Samson's contemporaries have found his riddle unfair?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When the Strasbourg Agreement of 1675 banned poisoned bullets - how did people poison bullets? Was it common?	1352
The Aztecs and the Tlaxcalans would capture each other for sacrifice and sometimes invite the others to watch because they shared a religious tradition - did they share a "church" hierarchy as well?	138
Was the only reason for buying an indulgence from the Church a genuine belief, or was there some other benefit/compulsion?	57
Did Aboriginal Australians have distinct military societies and did different peoples fight differently?	31
Had the legendary "dwarfs" of Western Europe been associated with Jews before Tolkein (or possibly Wagner)?	29
How similar is modern astrology to astrology as practiced by the Ancient Greeks?	22
What was there to really enjoy about life as a Puritan in 17th Century England?	19
What is the history of The Twelve Caesars (or other Ancient Roman books) AS a manuscript? Were there many different versions? Or just one copy sitting in a library that is canonical? Can we track it edition by edition or country by country over the centuries?	16
Are the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum the sole source of information for any detail of Roman history?	13
Would Samson's contemporaries have found his riddle unfair?	12