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If I were to eat 3 loaves of bread, one from Egypt in the year 2200BC, one from Rome in the year 45BC, and one from England in the year 1100AD, how much different would each one be to the modern day and/or to each other?

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When my Dad was in the Australian Army Reserve in the mid 1980's he heard rumors that following WW2 a small amount of Japanese equipment and evidence of Japanese camps were found in Cape York (presumably from scouting missions), Is there any possible truth to these rumours?

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[WP] A young student is drafted off to fight in a bloody foreign war. He quickly finds that war is the most enjoyable thing he has ever experienced.

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During the second world war, was the USSR secretly developing any new weapons technology like Germany or the USA?

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How much would it cost for the average peasant to get drunk in England in the 10th - 11th centuries?

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Was German weaponry in world war two superior to Allied weaponry?

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How did prominent socialists/ hard leftists in the west respond to the collapse of the USSR and Eastern Europe?

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How likely was outright civil war in 1932 Australia?

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In what ways was Bismarck different to the standard Prussian conservative politicians of the time?

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Who started the Cold War? Was it something that both sides stumbled into, or was it a result of aggression on one side?

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If I were to eat 3 loaves of bread, one from Egypt in the year 2200BC, one from Rome in the year 45BC, and one from England in the year 1100AD, how much different would each one be to the modern day and/or to each other?	6840	AskHistorians
When my Dad was in the Australian Army Reserve in the mid 1980's he heard rumors that following WW2 a small amount of Japanese equipment and evidence of Japanese camps were found in Cape York (presumably from scouting missions), Is there any possible truth to these rumours?	1173	AskHistorians
[WP] A young student is drafted off to fight in a bloody foreign war. He quickly finds that war is the most enjoyable thing he has ever experienced.	202	WritingPrompts
During the second world war, was the USSR secretly developing any new weapons technology like Germany or the USA?	140	AskHistorians
How much would it cost for the average peasant to get drunk in England in the 10th - 11th centuries?	63	AskHistorians
Was German weaponry in world war two superior to Allied weaponry?	23	AskHistorians
How did prominent socialists/ hard leftists in the west respond to the collapse of the USSR and Eastern Europe?	22	AskHistorians
How likely was outright civil war in 1932 Australia?	16	AskHistorians
In what ways was Bismarck different to the standard Prussian conservative politicians of the time?	16	AskHistorians
Who started the Cold War? Was it something that both sides stumbled into, or was it a result of aggression on one side?	11	AskHistorians