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If fresh meat goes bad after a few days, how were ancient humans able to use up large animals like Mammoths before things spoiled?

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In the TV series "The Terror" based on Franklin's lost expedition, the phrase "crushed to atoms" is used to describe how a ship stuck in the ice would eventually be destroyed. Was the existence of atoms well enough known by the 1840s that members of the expedition would've understood what was meant?

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A fairly recurring event in Greek history seems to be the killing of ambassadors or messengers by the receiving city. How would the city that sent the ambassadors know that they had been murdered?

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Was Britain actually close to civil war in 1914, as a New Statesman article claims?

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Did Islam ban wine because it came from Rome?

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Why are the names of some months (April, May, June) common English girl’s names?

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What is the earliest recorded instance of someone playing rock paper scissors or its equivalent?

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What's the oldest known religion and how did it originate?

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If fresh meat goes bad after a few days, how were ancient humans able to use up large animals like Mammoths before things spoiled?	59
In the TV series "The Terror" based on Franklin's lost expedition, the phrase "crushed to atoms" is used to describe how a ship stuck in the ice would eventually be destroyed. Was the existence of atoms well enough known by the 1840s that members of the expedition would've understood what was meant?	59
A fairly recurring event in Greek history seems to be the killing of ambassadors or messengers by the receiving city. How would the city that sent the ambassadors know that they had been murdered?	59
Was Britain actually close to civil war in 1914, as a New Statesman article claims?	59
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Did Islam ban wine because it came from Rome?	59
[deleted by user]	59
Why are the names of some months (April, May, June) common English girl’s names?	59
What is the earliest recorded instance of someone playing rock paper scissors or its equivalent?	59
What's the oldest known religion and how did it originate?	59