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I'm watching "Vikings", and the battles show the various British and Viking armies always number a couple hundred at best. Was that really a typical size for an army of Wessex, North Umbria, and Mercia (and the Vikings)? Or could the movie studio just not find enough extras?

111 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Do lakes that are fed at one end and drained at the other end (like the Great Lakes) have a slope to their surface?

26 upvotes • r/askscience

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Most drugs in the United States have doses based on the metric system (specifically mg, mL, and mcg). How were drugs accurately dosed in the United States before the metric system became commonplace?

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We pass gas from the bacteria in our bowels, but we don't we pass gas from the bacteria in our bladders?

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White blood cells fight infection. But how does the body fight an infection in places where white blood cells aren't flowing, like in the bladder or sinuses?

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Were there famous paintings 200 years ago?

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How did Cambodia function under the Khmer Rouge?

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How do you go about calculating pi to 10 trillion digits, or whatever the current number is? How do you even calculate it to 50 digits?

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Where there traffic laws before automobiles came along? Traffic police?

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Do starving/malnourished animals have a reduced urge to mate?

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I'm watching "Vikings", and the battles show the various British and Viking armies always number a couple hundred at best. Was that really a typical size for an army of Wessex, North Umbria, and Mercia (and the Vikings)? Or could the movie studio just not find enough extras?	111	AskHistorians
Do lakes that are fed at one end and drained at the other end (like the Great Lakes) have a slope to their surface?	26	askscience
Most drugs in the United States have doses based on the metric system (specifically mg, mL, and mcg). How were drugs accurately dosed in the United States before the metric system became commonplace?	20	AskHistorians
We pass gas from the bacteria in our bowels, but we don't we pass gas from the bacteria in our bladders?	14	askscience
White blood cells fight infection. But how does the body fight an infection in places where white blood cells aren't flowing, like in the bladder or sinuses?	13	askscience
Were there famous paintings 200 years ago?	9	AskHistorians
How did Cambodia function under the Khmer Rouge?	7	AskHistorians
How do you go about calculating pi to 10 trillion digits, or whatever the current number is? How do you even calculate it to 50 digits?	4	askscience
Where there traffic laws before automobiles came along? Traffic police?	2	AskHistorians
Do starving/malnourished animals have a reduced urge to mate?	1	askscience