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At what point did full plate armour + chainmail + gambeson within become ineffective against ballistic warfare? And before the invention of kevlar and ceramic plate armour, did people just 'try to not get shot'?

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[WP] You work at a call center for ghosts, ghouls and other mythical existences. You are told to chronicle your calls, and report those most disturbing to your supervisor.

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[WP] Your toaster stopped working, like every other morning. No more! After performing an autopsy and finding nothing wrong with the internals, you pop back the lid and give it another go. That's when you begin to hear a slight directed at you in electric clicks. The machines are alive!

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Have walls been an effective deterrent in history? How?

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[WP] You were hired to rewrite the Bible to spruce things up and make it more appealing to new audiences, and what was that famous thing kids like now? Battle Royale? Throw a bit of that in the OT

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Seeing as there have been examples of most forms of Politico-economical system being experimented by various societies, what's the closest the world's gotten to 'minimal government, free market rules' Capitalism?

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[WP] Thanos snapped the Infinity Stones out of existence. Into ours. And luckily, you were the first to find them

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How much has the biology of the human race changed in the last 10,000 years of history? Any major evolutionary traits that were developed during this time? Or have we stayed around the same ever since societies were first formed?

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[WP] Aliens finally arrive to liberate Earth after having received Hitler's propaganda.

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Why did the ww2 germans disguise their gas chambers as showers?

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At what point did full plate armour + chainmail + gambeson within become ineffective against ballistic warfare? And before the invention of kevlar and ceramic plate armour, did people just 'try to not get shot'?	3	AskHistorians
[WP] You work at a call center for ghosts, ghouls and other mythical existences. You are told to chronicle your calls, and report those most disturbing to your supervisor.	2	WritingPrompts
[WP] Your toaster stopped working, like every other morning. No more! After performing an autopsy and finding nothing wrong with the internals, you pop back the lid and give it another go. That's when you begin to hear a slight directed at you in electric clicks. The machines are alive!	2	WritingPrompts
Have walls been an effective deterrent in history? How?	2	AskHistorians
[WP] You were hired to rewrite the Bible to spruce things up and make it more appealing to new audiences, and what was that famous thing kids like now? Battle Royale? Throw a bit of that in the OT	2	WritingPrompts
Seeing as there have been examples of most forms of Politico-economical system being experimented by various societies, what's the closest the world's gotten to 'minimal government, free market rules' Capitalism?	2	AskHistorians
[WP] Thanos snapped the Infinity Stones out of existence. Into ours. And luckily, you were the first to find them	1	WritingPrompts
How much has the biology of the human race changed in the last 10,000 years of history? Any major evolutionary traits that were developed during this time? Or have we stayed around the same ever since societies were first formed?	1	AskHistorians
[WP] Aliens finally arrive to liberate Earth after having received Hitler's propaganda.	1	WritingPrompts
Why did the ww2 germans disguise their gas chambers as showers?	1	AskHistorians