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Are the saloon doors in Western movies accurate? If so, why were they like that?

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How did The Hague get such a strange name--including the word 'The'?

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How did the letter X become associated with strangeness and mystery?

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Who were some major non-Greek, pre-Socratic Western philosophers? What were some of their main ideas?

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Did people in western civilizations 500, 1000 or 2000 years ago experience romantic love in the same way we do?

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Towers-apart from castles-have become common in fantasy literature. We're they common during the medieval ages, or at any point in history? What was their point?

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Did the majority of medieval Europeans believe in ghosts? Did that play a role in their daily lives? When/how did the majority of people stop believing in them?

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Are there any podcasts that discuss fringe historical theories?

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Can anyone recommend a good iTunes U course (or some other free audio) on European history?

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Could a Mongol army of 100,000 men conquer an average city of 1,000,000 today, assuming no military intervention and the city is only able to use what is present when they arrived?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are the saloon doors in Western movies accurate? If so, why were they like that?	1376
How did The Hague get such a strange name--including the word 'The'?	144
How did the letter X become associated with strangeness and mystery?	21
Who were some major non-Greek, pre-Socratic Western philosophers? What were some of their main ideas?	9
Did people in western civilizations 500, 1000 or 2000 years ago experience romantic love in the same way we do?	9
Towers-apart from castles-have become common in fantasy literature. We're they common during the medieval ages, or at any point in history? What was their point?	8
Did the majority of medieval Europeans believe in ghosts? Did that play a role in their daily lives? When/how did the majority of people stop believing in them?	7
Are there any podcasts that discuss fringe historical theories?	6
Can anyone recommend a good iTunes U course (or some other free audio) on European history?	4
Could a Mongol army of 100,000 men conquer an average city of 1,000,000 today, assuming no military intervention and the city is only able to use what is present when they arrived?	4