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Is the "ball and chain" an accurate depiction of prisoners being captured? Where did it start and where did it end?
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According to the graph inside, the temperature of Earth's atmosphere fluctuates back and forth as you increase in altitude, how come?
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I have seen a million memes and comments about how in WWII Russia just threw bodies and resources at the Germans and won only because they sacrificed millions of lives, tanks, planes, etc... (the implication being that Russia only won because of sacrificing their own citizens). Is any of that true?
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How did bell towers (the musical type such as with churches or clock towers) get started? What are some of the earliest examples of bell towers?
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I heard that orbiting objects are really just constantly falling, but they are moving so fast that when they fall they never hit the earth... How true is this?
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Where did RIP (Rest In Peace) first emerge and when? Have there been other common phrases such as that throughout history?
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Memes aside... How effective were Trebuchets? Do they live up to their reputation of being extremely effective siege engines? What are some examples of Trebuchets being effective? What are some examples of Trebuchets not being effective?
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At what point in the United States did people start considering those arriving from other countries "immigrants" (or whatever word they used for the concept at the time). Surely at first people weren't considered "immigrants" as they were the first people to arrive?
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