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What's the longest a weapon has sat undisturbed before finally fulfilling its duty? I assume it's an explosive of some sort, but, perhaps a giant round boulder connected to a booby trap?

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If you could go back in time to answer one question related to your field definitively what would it be?

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My grandfather used to tell a story about WWII I always found interesting, does it have a basis in fact?

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Were bank vaults ever particularly useful or were they always mostly for show? It's an interesting cost/benefit, either pay a guard to sit there at night or pay for a showy overly elaborate vault.

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Do you believe political machinations/corruption in the US has changed significantly from the past?

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How the original US naval fleet was financed in 1794? Was it via excise taxes? Something else?

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Military strategy question: What was the biggest factor that caused military tacticians to stop using double line standard type formations? Any interesting anecdotes about the transition period? I assume this has to do with the accuracy of weapons...

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Historically do you feel there are optimal metrics for the dimensions of nation states? Geographic, population or other? For stability, democracy, economic growth?

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What's the longest a weapon has sat undisturbed before finally fulfilling its duty? I assume it's an explosive of some sort, but, perhaps a giant round boulder connected to a booby trap?	158
If you could go back in time to answer one question related to your field definitively what would it be?	99
My grandfather used to tell a story about WWII I always found interesting, does it have a basis in fact?	18
Were bank vaults ever particularly useful or were they always mostly for show? It's an interesting cost/benefit, either pay a guard to sit there at night or pay for a showy overly elaborate vault.	9
Do you believe political machinations/corruption in the US has changed significantly from the past?	3
How the original US naval fleet was financed in 1794? Was it via excise taxes? Something else?	3
Military strategy question: What was the biggest factor that caused military tacticians to stop using double line standard type formations? Any interesting anecdotes about the transition period? I assume this has to do with the accuracy of weapons...	3
Historically do you feel there are optimal metrics for the dimensions of nation states? Geographic, population or other? For stability, democracy, economic growth?	1