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There's a bit in Boardwalk empire where agent Van Alden goes to a restaurant with his wife and she's scandalised by the waiter offering them alcohol. Is it realistic that a normal restaurant would risk offering strange customers Alcohol in the middle of the day?	182
in the 2001 BBC version of The Lost World there a scene where a palaeontologist and a priest get into an argument about the age of the Earth. I know it's existed since the 17th century, but was it at all common for Catholics to believe in young earth creationism in 1912?	182
you are saxon king (circa AD500 to AD1000) on the morning of a day you intend fight a battle. Assuming you live through it, what are you going to spend the day doing?	182
Around AD290 the Roman Empire exprinced hyperinflation. Do we know how that effected life in Roman cities?	181
Caligula got his nickname from "little boots" (IE "Caligula" in latin) he wore as a child as part of a soldier costume he wore while accompanying his father on campaign in Germania. how unusual was it for a Roman general to take his young children on campaign with him?	179
Suppose you're peasant in China (Hebei specifically) in 1294. What is your diet likely to be like, and how (in terms of nutrition and quantity) does it compare to that of a typical English peasant at the same point in time?	177
you know how in paintings North American Indians are always depicted shirtless and wearing animal skin leggings even if they're using guns and assisting white soldiers. Is that at all realistic?	175
suppose I'm a Japanese school child in the 1955 and I ask my history teachers if it was America or Japan who were the aggressors in WW2. What would they most likely they say?	173
were there many/any people in ancient Rome who objected to the rape that typically took place when the Roman army sacked a city? NSFW	171
What's the furthest back in time I could go and expect to find a Torah exactly the same as one I'd find in any modern synagogue?	171

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