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How did Bernard Fokke have so many fast yet consistent trips? Was there anything about his ship, crew or himself that made it better? Some even say he would be the captain of the flying dutchman and other supernatural stuff, but what's the history & facts behind all this?
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I'm a peasant around the year 1000 in northern current-day England. My village is about to get raided by the Danes or Norwegians. Me and my people offer them a place to stay the (coming) night(s) and give them food and are as hospitable as possible. What happens? NSFW
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Would a "legendary" general like Alexander The Great with his army of phalanxes and what not be able to beat a plain average Napoleonic Era general with their armies?
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With the science, engineering and metallurgy of the time, would the Romans have been able to build steam powered machine if they really wanted to? Did ancient scientists think about making a contraption with the same purpose, or is this concept so foreign due to other breakthroughs made much later?
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What was the leading cause of death for most Romans aside from combat or nowadays preventable diseases during childhood?
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Why did ancient Egyptians build (huge) pyramids? How was it relevant to their culture and/or religion, and why did the people just cooperate to build this gigantic tomb with only a few small rooms for just one person?
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One of our legions centurions gets killed on the battlefield. We still win the battle, but what happens to the century? Is a new centurion elected by us, or assigned by our general? Is it one of the men of our century or could it be anyone?
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So many forms of media describe the betrayal of some bronze age or even medieval kings brother as if they'd slit the kings throat in their bed and sit on the throne with blood still on their hands, no one daring to oppose them. Is this just fantasy or are there recorded events of this happening?
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Finally. After being a squire for a good while, I'm being knighted. Wait - why the hell did my lord (or person who's knighting me) give me a bitch slap during the ceremony? Shouldn't I just get a tap on the shoulders with a sword and some Latin chanting and a few oaths here and there? Why slap me?
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