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Did the Romans have any famous “explorers” similar to Lewis and Clark, Marco Polo, Columbus etc?

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I recently found a photo of my Grandfather on a baseball team in the army from 1945. On it are two black men. I know units were segregated but was interracial fraternization/friendship common at the time in the army?

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Listening to a Great Courses lecture on the plague they said Chaucer’s parents were vintners. Did this industry die the British Isles because of economic or simple climatic reasons?

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FDR is remembered as a great president but what is his legacy as actual commander in chief of the US armed forces and how involved was he?

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Did The USA, NATO or China have any idea of Stalins brief incapacitation and unresolved leadership decisions during and after his death and if so did they have any plans for what to do?

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At what point did Europeans know that protein consumption was correlated with muscle growth?

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Was there anything like illegal arms trafficking in the pre gunpowder age?

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How long did it take to train a fighter or bomber pilot/crew in WW2?

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What was the original purpose, envisioned by it's writers, when they made being born in the country a requirement for President of the USA?

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In both (English translations of) Caesers The Gallic Wars and Thucydides The Peloponnesian War they refer to crops as corn. This was well before the Colombian exchange. Is this a translator choice or what is the reasoning?

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Did the Romans have any famous “explorers” similar to Lewis and Clark, Marco Polo, Columbus etc?	502
I recently found a photo of my Grandfather on a baseball team in the army from 1945. On it are two black men. I know units were segregated but was interracial fraternization/friendship common at the time in the army?	16
Listening to a Great Courses lecture on the plague they said Chaucer’s parents were vintners. Did this industry die the British Isles because of economic or simple climatic reasons?	11
FDR is remembered as a great president but what is his legacy as actual commander in chief of the US armed forces and how involved was he?	9
Did The USA, NATO or China have any idea of Stalins brief incapacitation and unresolved leadership decisions during and after his death and if so did they have any plans for what to do?	7
At what point did Europeans know that protein consumption was correlated with muscle growth?	3
Was there anything like illegal arms trafficking in the pre gunpowder age?	2
How long did it take to train a fighter or bomber pilot/crew in WW2?	1
What was the original purpose, envisioned by it's writers, when they made being born in the country a requirement for President of the USA?	1
In both (English translations of) Caesers The Gallic Wars and Thucydides The Peloponnesian War they refer to crops as corn. This was well before the Colombian exchange. Is this a translator choice or what is the reasoning?	0