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Why do some people have ear lobes? Do they serve a practical function? Are they sexually selected like blue eyes?

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To what extent was the modern (western?) conception of dragons shaped by the knowledge of dinosaurs?

19 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Where and when was the earliest recorded use of elephants in battle? Did the practice originate in one region and spread from there, or spontaneously in several places?

11 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Fats have twice the calories of sugars, but that is when burned in a calorimeter machine. Does the complexity of fat molecules require more energy for the body to break them down, and does that offset some of the difference in energy obtained?

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What age were ancient soldiers?

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How (if at all) did ancient cities such as Athens and Rome keep their war strategies a secret in cases where those strategies were decided by debate in the senate?

7 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Is there only one version of Greek mythology? Were the stories already fixed and settled by the time of Socrates, or was it more fluid than that? Was/is there a 'canonical' version and when and by whom was it established?

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Where are the first-hand accounts of Carthage?

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Did the Romans know how far north Germania extended? If they had, would they have made a greater effort to expand beyond the Rhine (e.g. to the Oder or Vistula) to have a shorter border encompassing more land?

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Other than those of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta, are there historical travel accounts that are worthy of similar fame but are not popularly known?

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Why do some people have ear lobes? Do they serve a practical function? Are they sexually selected like blue eyes?	19	askscience
To what extent was the modern (western?) conception of dragons shaped by the knowledge of dinosaurs?	19	AskHistorians
Where and when was the earliest recorded use of elephants in battle? Did the practice originate in one region and spread from there, or spontaneously in several places?	11	AskHistorians
Fats have twice the calories of sugars, but that is when burned in a calorimeter machine. Does the complexity of fat molecules require more energy for the body to break them down, and does that offset some of the difference in energy obtained?	8	askscience
What age were ancient soldiers?	8	AskHistorians
How (if at all) did ancient cities such as Athens and Rome keep their war strategies a secret in cases where those strategies were decided by debate in the senate?	7	AskHistorians
Is there only one version of Greek mythology? Were the stories already fixed and settled by the time of Socrates, or was it more fluid than that? Was/is there a 'canonical' version and when and by whom was it established?	7	AskHistorians
Where are the first-hand accounts of Carthage?	5	AskHistorians
Did the Romans know how far north Germania extended? If they had, would they have made a greater effort to expand beyond the Rhine (e.g. to the Oder or Vistula) to have a shorter border encompassing more land?	4	AskHistorians
Other than those of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta, are there historical travel accounts that are worthy of similar fame but are not popularly known?	3	AskHistorians