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Did passenger plane pilots get recruited to the Air Force in WW2? Were they given a fast track through training?

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I heard on a podcast that magicians would perform in the Colosseum. Do we know anything about what kinds of tricks they did?

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Augurs in the Roman Republic interpreted the will of the gods based on the flight and sounds of birds. What was the received wisdom for the link between gods and birds?

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Was there a Latin dialect spoken in the eastern Carolingian Empire, distinct from Old French?

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I always have trouble getting a clear picture of who the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain were. Is it right to say that they were Celtic peoples who went over in various migrations?

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Did American politicians have any contact with Germany between Britain declaring war in 1939 and American declaring war in 1941?

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Are we able to reconstruct any war chants from before the Middle Ages? What would they have sounded like?

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Were the Romans aware of the history or their alphabet, and that it could be traced back to Egypt?

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Were Roman sandals good for marching? Did they lead to injuries over time?

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Did any Romans think that they might share a common ancestor with all other humans?

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Did passenger plane pilots get recruited to the Air Force in WW2? Were they given a fast track through training?	6	AskHistorians
I heard on a podcast that magicians would perform in the Colosseum. Do we know anything about what kinds of tricks they did?	5	AskHistorians
Augurs in the Roman Republic interpreted the will of the gods based on the flight and sounds of birds. What was the received wisdom for the link between gods and birds?	5	AskHistorians
Was there a Latin dialect spoken in the eastern Carolingian Empire, distinct from Old French?	5	AskHistorians
I always have trouble getting a clear picture of who the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain were. Is it right to say that they were Celtic peoples who went over in various migrations?	5	AskHistorians
Did American politicians have any contact with Germany between Britain declaring war in 1939 and American declaring war in 1941?	5	AskHistorians
Are we able to reconstruct any war chants from before the Middle Ages? What would they have sounded like?	5	AskHistorians
Were the Romans aware of the history or their alphabet, and that it could be traced back to Egypt?	5	AskHistorians
Were Roman sandals good for marching? Did they lead to injuries over time?	5	AskHistorians
Did any Romans think that they might share a common ancestor with all other humans?	4	AskHistorians