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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit
Onoda Hirō spent 29 years in hiding, still thinking WW2 was being fought. Are there more cases like his that I can look into? Nationality or the conflict doesn't matter, I'm mainly looking for stories of soldiers/warriors who kept fighting for a notable amount of time, unaware there was peace?	5	AskHistorians
Water becomes solid under 0°C, AKA frozen. Does that mean that, for example, my fork is "frozen" because the metal is solid, or do we only say something frozen if it's under 0°C?	5	askscience
Suicide was, in many periods and cultures (and sometimes still is) illegal. In most historical cases this was punishable by death. So, what was the thought process behind this seemingly nonsensical law that isn't that rare throughout history?	4	AskHistorians
Why are the European/christian iterpretations of dragons always that they're "evil" in some way, while the Chinese (and other Asian cultures?) perceive them as benevolent, honorable creatures?	4	AskHistorians
[WP] You wake up in an endless void. You've been dreaming about the concept of "existence" again and led a "human" life. It is both sad and lonely to be a spirit, no, a god, but without the ability to truly create matter. It all has to happen in your mind. You're starting to feel sleepy again....	4	WritingPrompts
How did scientists and philosophers get by before the (late) renaissance? Were they just rich people (but fewer in numbers)1 like in the renaissance, or were they just paid to seemingly do nothing the majority of the time?	4	AskHistorians
How intelligent was the general populace in the dark and middle ages? Could a magician who is a sociopath, knows card tricks and the date(s) of solar eclipses become some god-king because people were so easy to BS, or would the people easily see through your deception?	4	AskHistorians
How did castles or cities with moats get sieged? Did the attacking force just starve the city out, or would they try to fill up a section of moat with stuff they could stand on then climb the walls (or walk in if a catapult blasted a hole in the wall)?	3	AskHistorians
What did Columbus do after "discovering" America? Did he die a rich man?	3	AskHistorians
Today, Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world due to various reasons not belonging on this sub, but what was the leading cause of death in the middle ages, and why?	3	AskHistorians

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