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How important were Pine cones/seeds in the medieval diet? We're they used more as food or as a medicine?	3
I noticed while looking at the 1790 Battle of Vyborg Bay between Russia and Sweden that out of the dozens of combatant ship, much of them were Galleys! What was Galley warfare like in the Baltic sea at this time? Was it effective?	3
How did the design of French and British Ships-of-the-line differ during the napoleonic wars?	3
Why does Mexico have baroque Palaces?	2
How clean were amphitheatre's in ancient and classical Greece? We're specific individuals tasked with cleaning/maintaining them, or was it a community effort?	2
Knights of the Teutonic order during the existence of the State of the Teutonic Order are often depicted in popular culture with helmets that have stylized horns, antlers or wings on them. Was this true? Was it only done by a minority of knights? And if so, why was it done?	2
What happened to believers of Arianism and other heterodox Christians after the first council of Nicaea?	2
John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke died in 1389 while jousting at the Woodstock Palace, apparently from injuries to the groin. Was he treated for his injuries before death? Were there medical experts at standby during jousts like this? Or did people just have to watch him die from his wounds?	2
Why was Rhodesia not included in the Union of South Africa?	2
Many kings from the united Kingdom of England from the House of Wessex to the House of Anjou were given titles by future or contemporary historians such as Cnut the Great or Richard The Lionheart. But starting with the Plantagenet dynasty this trend all but stopped. Why?	2

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