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What happened to pre-Columbian dog breeds? Did they die off from diseases brought by European dogs?

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What the sexual attitude towards widow monarchs?

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In classic combat, how would a soldier be chosen to be front-line on a phalanx? Wouldn't they pretty much always die?

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Why were the Romans able to field such huge armies? Why weren't these numbers matched again until the mid-18th century, despite advancing technology and rising populations?

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I walk into a pub in Colonial America. What kind of food/drink am I likely to encounter>

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Meta "bad" or unpopular questions.

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You're in a medieval European city and you need to find yourself a place to call home. Who do you talk to? A medieval realtor?

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My school history teacher said that the war tactics of Michael Collins (the Irish revolutionary) partly inspired the tactics of Che Guevara and the Viet Cong. How true is that?

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Did people smoke pot in the American Old West?

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I was told by a number of chefs and a history prof that Europe didn't have restaurants until after the French Revolution when the cooks of the nobility found themselves without a job. Any truth to this?

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What happened to pre-Columbian dog breeds? Did they die off from diseases brought by European dogs?	219
What the sexual attitude towards widow monarchs?	219
In classic combat, how would a soldier be chosen to be front-line on a phalanx? Wouldn't they pretty much always die?	218
Why were the Romans able to field such huge armies? Why weren't these numbers matched again until the mid-18th century, despite advancing technology and rising populations?	216
I walk into a pub in Colonial America. What kind of food/drink am I likely to encounter>	216
Meta "bad" or unpopular questions.	216
You're in a medieval European city and you need to find yourself a place to call home. Who do you talk to? A medieval realtor?	215
My school history teacher said that the war tactics of Michael Collins (the Irish revolutionary) partly inspired the tactics of Che Guevara and the Viet Cong. How true is that?	215
Did people smoke pot in the American Old West?	214
I was told by a number of chefs and a history prof that Europe didn't have restaurants until after the French Revolution when the cooks of the nobility found themselves without a job. Any truth to this?	214