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Did Southern girls around the Civil War really take naps en masse in the middle of a party, as depicted in Gone With the Wind?	6049
On YouTube I can watch extremely detailed videos of ancient Roman battles that show what each section of the army did and at what time. How is this known, exactly? Was there just a scribe sitting on a hill recording the battle?	5176
Many people who suffer from paranoid schizophrenia have this fear of an overarching government conspiracy to spy on them and hide cameras and such. How would a medieval peasant with this condition be affected since they didn't have much of the technology at the time that we have now, to worry about?	4050
In the Netflix series "Godless", we meet a family of Norwegians all the way out in the American frontier in the 1800s. What would make a family from so far away go to such a far distance, especially in such an unbuilt land?	3800
Were there posted speed limits on horses in medieval towns? Like, NO GALLOPING, TROT ONLY	3421
When we see the typical "man stranded on an island", it's usually a very small beach with a single palm tree. When did the depiction first occur?	2097
How did we end up with the terms "Port and Starboard" when we had left and right already?	822
In the bible, David defeated Goliath using river stones and a sling, since David was a shepherd. Was this a common weapon for shepherds to defend their flocks?	715
How accurate is the Primitive Technology channel? from what we know of early humans, would he be a good representation of building techniques?	664
During the first major battle scene of Band of Brothers, we see an American soldier wearing brass knuckles punch a German soldier. Were brass knuckles commonly worn by Americans during the war or did the Army not mind you bringing them along?	538

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