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My father was deployed to Saudi Arabia after the 9/11 attacks. He would help feed pilots enforcing the no-fly zone over Iraq. He said planes would come back empty. What were they shooting at?
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Maria II was born in Rio and lived there until she was inaugurated Queen of Portugal: (1) do we know if she had a Brazilian accent? (2) did anyone back in Portugal see her as a Brazilian “foreigner”?
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In Total War games, infantry equipped with spears/long weapons is weak against infantry units equipped with blunt weapons/swords. How accurate that would be historically? Weren't spears a commonplace of medieval battles?
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Is there any consistency in the conception of the "ideal body type" for men and women in ancient, medieval and industrialized societies?
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If the Roman Empire used X-shaped crosses for crucifixion, how did the symbol of Christianity become the almost T-shaped cross?
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