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Is it known when last names based on professions became inherited names regardless of one's profession?

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How much of a rarity would it have been in the late 1800s to have as much knowledge of Flora and fauna as Arthur Morgan does?

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Did King Leonidas really kick Persian envoys down a well when they came to warn him of Persia's invasion?

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Did Irish wolfhounds ever participate in colosseum battles?

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When did the United States start purchasing Saudi Arabian oil?

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What type of government, and what kinds of political environment, did Vladimir Putin inherit when he first came to political power?

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[serious] Did Saint George actually go out and kill anything, and was it something like a Komodo Dragon, as opposed to a mythical creature?

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Who first decided that a medium of sharing images across the Internet be called a meme?

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What do we know of how the oracles at Delphi interpreted their precepts, and how were they linked to Apollo, if at all?

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Did land clearing in the Vietnam War involve carving company insignias into the jungle to be seen during flyovers?

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Is it known when last names based on professions became inherited names regardless of one's profession?	11	AskHistorians
How much of a rarity would it have been in the late 1800s to have as much knowledge of Flora and fauna as Arthur Morgan does?	10	AskHistorians
Did King Leonidas really kick Persian envoys down a well when they came to warn him of Persia's invasion?	9	AskHistorians
Did Irish wolfhounds ever participate in colosseum battles?	8	AskHistorians
When did the United States start purchasing Saudi Arabian oil?	7	AskHistorians
What type of government, and what kinds of political environment, did Vladimir Putin inherit when he first came to political power?	7	AskHistorians
[serious] Did Saint George actually go out and kill anything, and was it something like a Komodo Dragon, as opposed to a mythical creature?	6	AskHistorians
Who first decided that a medium of sharing images across the Internet be called a meme?	6	AskHistorians
What do we know of how the oracles at Delphi interpreted their precepts, and how were they linked to Apollo, if at all?	6	AskHistorians
Did land clearing in the Vietnam War involve carving company insignias into the jungle to be seen during flyovers?	6	AskHistorians