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Q: Do you know who the people are walking with Hitler?

MarkI was going through my late Uncles WWII photo album from his time in the US Army. To my surprise I came across one page dedicated to the Nazi army. No idea how he came about these pictures. It looks like it was taken from his camera but do not see how that was possible. I am thinking it was maybe...

 
 
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9:52 AM
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Q: What kinds of goods were commonly smuggled in the Roman Empire up to the end of the 3rd century AD?

Lars BosteenIn April 2012, LIVESCIENCE reported on the discovery of a 3rd century AD ship which sank near Trapani, Sicily. According to the report, Her cargo, officially consisting of assorted jars once filled with walnuts, figs, olives, wine, oil and fish sauce, also contained many unusual tubular ...

 
 
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11:12 AM
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Q: What is this griffin-like creature labelling a lunar mansion in the Zubdat al-Tawarikh?

TakumiWhile looking for astronomy-related things I found out about this Turkish history manuscript from 1583 called the Zubdat al-Tawarikh or "History of the World". One of the first things in it is an elaborate diagram showing the twelve Greek zodiac constellations and how they align to each of the ph...

 
 
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12:24 PM
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Q: Questin aggregate about early roman mobilization

b.LorenzI have read that before the reforms of Marius Rome produced her armies by conscripting them from the citizens by drawing of lot, whit every recruit owning his own equipment. My questions are about the time of the Third Samnite War: 1) Who was responsible for the mobilization? Simply the consul ...

 
1:19 PM
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Q: What era is this German banknote from?

Sebastian LenartowiczExactly what it says on the tin. This is clearly a German 10-mark note of some kind, but I can't find pictures online of any notes like it. The reverse is completely blank, with some bleed-through from the DRINGEND stamp. The white balance on my camera is rather off, and the note is actually f...

 
 
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2:54 PM
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Q: How heavy were the heaviest war hammers actually used?

LudiOn the German Wikipedia page about warhammers it says their weight reached from 3 to 14 Kg! Having done some really heavy sports in my past, I was truly surprised by this last number! I searched extensively. First of all I found one more reference to the same number on Mittelalter Wikia. There th...

 
 
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4:26 PM
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Q: Why was the C-pennant chosen as the flag of Allied-occupied Germany?

Ne MoWhy did the Allies choose the C-pennant, instead of a more intuitive letter? Why not G (for Germany) or D (for Deutschland)? Or A for Allemagne, or S for Sachsa, or N for Německo, P for Purutia, or U for Ubudage, or T for Teutschland, or V for Vācija or F for Frángoi.... I had a look at the arti...

 
 
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5:48 PM
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Q: When did American elections begin to use the ballot?

Ne MoThe Wikipedia article on the 1788 presidential election says that people voted with ballots, where a public vote was actually conducted. In Britain, voting for MPs was done by public meetings. Ballots weren't used until the 1870s. Did elections in colonial America always used ballots? Or when d...

 

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