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Why exactly did telegraphs have to use "STOP" instead of a period and "QUOTE" instead of a quotation mark? (Or special codes.)
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Why would silk underwear disqualify you from the United States military draft?
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68
How to solve the old 'gun on a spaceship' problem?
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64
Did the Romans eat breakfast?
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63
What was the point of horse armour?
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Why did English adopt Kamikaze (神風) as a loanword instead of Tokko (特攻) during/after WWII?
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What happened to these buildings near the Seine?
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46
Would colonial Maryland have been tolerant to all religions?
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46
Did Benjamin Franklin say "Holland is not a nation but a shop"? Why?
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45
How did ships acquire targets beyond the horizon in WWI?
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43
When did the U.S. Army start saying "oh-six-hundred" for "6 AM"?
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Aside from the Pyramids, what is the tallest man-made structure still standing in Europe & the Near East from ancient times?
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Is there a record of a rabid human attacking another human?
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How long was a sea journey from England to East Africa 1868-1877?
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38
What flag had a black cross blue field 1589?
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36
Why is it called the "Ottoman" Empire in English language?
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33
When/how did Harry Truman give the order to bomb Hiroshima?
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31
Were there ethnic Russians in Alaska when the US purchased it 1867? Did they stay?
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31
What is this metallic object with teeth in mouth, screw to tighten and a handle?
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29
What do the insignias on the collar shown in this photograph stand for?
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28
Have there been any plausible reports of killing polar bears with a bone spring?
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27
Did Truman really believe that Hiroshima was a military base?
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27
What flag has a blue-grey background and an orange-outlined green cross?
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27
Did the Spartans really taunt Philip II of Macedon with a single word?
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27
Was touching your nose a greeting in second millenium Mesopotamia?
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26
How much smaller were medieval farm animals in England than today?
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25
What are these 16-Century Italian monetary symbols?
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25
Who first called natural satellites "moons"?
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25
Did the drapes in old theatres actually say "ASBESTOS" on them?
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Which event is this memorial referring to when it says WW1 ended in 1919?
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