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I watched the 1st episode on Vinyl and the main character had a car phone in 1973. Did they have such things back then? How could he make/receive calls? How would he get a signal?

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Anyone know of a good book on the sack of Baghdad and/or the golden age of Islam?

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I watched the 1st episode on Vinyl and the main character had a car phone in 1973. Did they have such things back then? How could he make/receive calls? How would he get a signal?

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Has history recorded the first war fought in winter?

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Why weren't more early Europeans explorers (conquerors) killed by new world diseases?

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Are there any verified instances of small pox infected blankets being given to Natives?

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How did Plato's name come to mean (in part) 'only friendship'? - Platonic.

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It is thought that as little as 1,000 breeding pairs of humans survived the Toba eruption about 70,000 years ago. Do we have any idea what part(s) of the world they survived in?

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Would the people of ancient Egypt be considered proto-Greek or are does that time period pre-date any sort of Greek race?

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What's you favorite historical anecdote? Funny, unbelievable or otherwise...

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I watched the 1st episode on Vinyl and the main character had a car phone in 1973. Did they have such things back then? How could he make/receive calls? How would he get a signal?	4
Anyone know of a good book on the sack of Baghdad and/or the golden age of Islam?	4
I watched the 1st episode on Vinyl and the main character had a car phone in 1973. Did they have such things back then? How could he make/receive calls? How would he get a signal?	4
Has history recorded the first war fought in winter?	4
Why weren't more early Europeans explorers (conquerors) killed by new world diseases?	4
Are there any verified instances of small pox infected blankets being given to Natives?	4
How did Plato's name come to mean (in part) 'only friendship'? - Platonic.	4
It is thought that as little as 1,000 breeding pairs of humans survived the Toba eruption about 70,000 years ago. Do we have any idea what part(s) of the world they survived in?	4
Would the people of ancient Egypt be considered proto-Greek or are does that time period pre-date any sort of Greek race?	4
What's you favorite historical anecdote? Funny, unbelievable or otherwise...	3