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Was it known in ancient Rome and Greece that boiling water made it safe to drink and if so, what was the theory behind this?
Awarded Jun 12 at 8:48
What is the latest scientific consensus on the peopling of the Americas?
Awarded May 21 at 14:32
How was Rome able to conscript and equip 400k soldiers during 2nd Punic War in a pre-industrial society?
Awarded Apr 19 at 13:22
Why did the United States enter World War I?
Awarded Apr 18 at 19:15
What is the origin of the "No Symbol"?
Awarded Feb 15 at 12:08
Is there a historical precedent to the vaccine scare?
Awarded Feb 9 at 21:15
Is there a historical precedent to the vaccine scare?
Awarded Feb 9 at 20:20
Did the Dutch eat their Prime Minister?
Awarded Jan 15 at 12:17
What really happened to the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel?
Awarded Dec 13, 2023 at 18:57
Why do so many national flags contain the color red?
Awarded Dec 8, 2023 at 15:51
Between 1948 and 1967, were Arab people in the West Bank in favour of Jordanian rule or opposed to it?
Awarded Nov 16, 2023 at 3:41
Why did Napoleon march to Moscow instead of Saint Petersburg?
Awarded Nov 15, 2023 at 9:33
Why were slings phased out of medieval armies in favor of bows?
Awarded Nov 3, 2023 at 20:07
Why was the US so pro-China and so anti-Japan before WW2?
Awarded Nov 2, 2023 at 10:36
Why did the USSR stop in the Winter War against Finland in 1940?
Awarded Oct 4, 2023 at 10:50
When did Kievan Rus' rulers become culturally Slavic?
Awarded Sep 8, 2023 at 21:12
Did Romans complain about sundials?
Awarded Sep 7, 2023 at 5:46
What set Checkpoint Charlie apart from the other border checkpoints in Berlin during the Cold War?
Awarded Sep 1, 2023 at 15:46
What role did the Eastern Roman Empire play in the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Awarded Aug 24, 2023 at 2:36
How did Native Americans refer to themselves in the 19th century?
Awarded Aug 18, 2023 at 7:51
Did the aborigines of Australia and the Maoris in New Zealand know about each other's existence, before the Europeans came?
Awarded Aug 17, 2023 at 10:10
What was the shortest time between a historical event occuring and a museum opening dedicated to said event?
Awarded Aug 15, 2023 at 18:36
Did active frontiersmen really eat 20,000 calories a day? How does this compare to other highly-active people in recorded history?
Awarded Jul 31, 2023 at 14:22
How were diplomats and their staffs treated when World War II was declared?
Awarded Jul 29, 2023 at 11:52
How difficult was it to spoof the sender of a telegram in 1890-1920's in USA?
Awarded Jul 27, 2023 at 18:27
What was the strategy to protect the British Museum during the World Wars?
Awarded Jul 26, 2023 at 17:17
Why did England consistently adopt red as their primary colour for insignia and uniform?
Awarded Jul 21, 2023 at 9:34
Why did it take over 100 years for Britain to begin seriously colonising America?
Awarded Jul 18, 2023 at 9:17
Is there a record of a rabid human attacking another human?
Awarded May 7, 2023 at 9:21
Has NATO ever started a war?
Awarded Apr 30, 2023 at 23:06
Why didn't pre-Norman English kings build stone town walls?
Awarded Mar 23, 2023 at 18:07
Is there an accepted explanation for multiple independent "cradles of civilization"?
Awarded Mar 2, 2023 at 1:52
Why require every ploughman to make his own plough?
Awarded Feb 1, 2023 at 12:47
What is the historical basis for the claim that "Taiwan has always been part of China"?
Awarded Jan 27, 2023 at 0:47
Did medieval peasants work 150 days a year?
Awarded Jan 25, 2023 at 11:25
When did the U.S. Army start saying "oh-six-hundred" for "6 AM"?
Awarded Jan 24, 2023 at 18:51
What was the planned line of succession for the Nazi Party in the event that Hitler died?
Awarded Jan 23, 2023 at 9:05
Why did it take so long for Europeans to adopt the moldboard plow?
Awarded Jan 19, 2023 at 15:36
What is this strange symbol painted on basement floor?
Awarded Jan 19, 2023 at 5:00
How did off-grid UK homes in the 1800s generate gas?
Awarded Jan 14, 2023 at 15:56
Did the Finns have aluminum screw caps in 1939?
Awarded Jan 12, 2023 at 13:03
Did Akhenaten's religion influence early Judaism?
Awarded Dec 29, 2022 at 20:50
Where does the name 'D-Day' come from?
Awarded Dec 23, 2022 at 2:02
Why was uranium mined in the 1500s, but only "discovered" in 1789?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 18:40
Where would the first nuke have been dropped in Germany? [closed]
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 2:26
Why were nomadic tribes (like the Mongols) from the Eurasian steppes a much reduced threat from the 15th century onwards?
Awarded Dec 2, 2022 at 20:40
What evidence is there for chain stores or restaurant chains in Ancient Rome?
Awarded Nov 27, 2022 at 1:21
Was there really a navy officer named Picard at the Battle of Trafalgar?
Awarded Oct 25, 2022 at 20:16
What was a plausible timetable for a train journey across Europe in 1870?
Awarded Oct 5, 2022 at 8:06
What mysterious Flemish peasant activity is depicted in this painting?
Awarded Oct 3, 2022 at 15:36
How significant was the Fall of Constantinople as an event leading to the Age of Exploration?
Awarded Sep 30, 2022 at 16:41
How do we know the gender distribution of cave art painters?
Awarded Sep 6, 2022 at 0:09
Why did Austronesian/Polynesian people not colonize Australia?
Awarded Sep 5, 2022 at 12:07
Why were the West African islands uninhabited?
Awarded Aug 27, 2022 at 12:46
Who is depicted in this Soleimani propaganda image?
Awarded Aug 19, 2022 at 17:06
What was the criminal charge of "pretending sodomy" in 1719 England?
Awarded Aug 4, 2022 at 17:48
What is this military patch with the silhouette of a pegasus on it?
Awarded Jul 16, 2022 at 21:11
Why is this Latin text black but the Latin numerals are red?
Awarded Jul 14, 2022 at 0:20
What made the Russian Navy suspect Japanese torpedo boats were in North Sea in 1904?
Awarded Jun 28, 2022 at 22:03
What were birthdays like in Medieval times?
Awarded Jun 10, 2022 at 23:05
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