I was wondering about the range and speed of the projectile from a cannons, as well as its force

When i say cannon I mean the "classic" one, the one we see depicted in movies and media, often in the hands of pirates or the naval force of that time

Idk if this question is allowed by the rules of this sub or of it falls under the category of "trivia seeking" i just didn't know where to ask, if someone could direct me to a subreedit more fitted to answer me I will gladly delete my post and move it to there, anyways, thank you for your time

Let's say that a princes from Spain would marry an English prince or that a prince from France would marry a princess from Poland or the Holy Roman Empire, would the princesses ladies in waiting from her home country travel with her, to her new country? And if yes, would they remain there until their families would find them matches back home or would they marry nobles from the country in whose royal family the princess they serve has married?

The Catholic Church having had extensive experience at dealing with various heretic movements prior to this (as experienced by the Cathars), how did Luther and the Reformation movement achieve such widespread success?

And was/is it unique to the American submarine service or was the idea borrowed from elsewhere?

Or was the word "wizard" just a name for a person of science or medic (potion master)?

All different forms of Pagan religions from the Slavs, Germanic peoples, Celts, Sarmatians, Alans etc. were effectively eradicated or their populace converted to Christianity.

Yet, Judaism still always had a constant minority following that was never fully eradicated. Why is this? Is it because of Judaism's ties to the Old Testament and Christianity? Were they viewed as "people of the book" and given some leeway in the same way Muslims would do ?

In many examples of fiction there is a plot where “medicine” is the macguffin. In modern stories, I always assume the unspecified “medicine” is antibiotics.

But in historical fiction, I always think of “medicine” being practiced by bird-mask-wearing plague doctors and using “medicine” that often did more harm than good.

In Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, the pirates justify their acts of piracy at once point by saying that the seafaring empires are hoarding medicine and they need the medicine to help their sick city.

Is this just a convenient literary device to make the pirates seem like more than thieves? Or is there actually a precedent for this? Would there be a type of “medicine” carried around in little glass “tonic” bottles that would actually have legitimate life-saving ability? And what would that medicine be?

I feel like my high school education sort of left out some of the lesser known wars in American history and now I know near nothing of the Texas Revolution.

More than 50% of NHL players are Canadian, but 7/31 teams are based in Canada.

I assume it's just because the US provides a bigger market and therefore more revenue. But I'd be interested to hear more about the history.

It’s said that the children of Ragnar Lodbrok are legitimate historical figures. So why are they called Ragnars’ children if Ragnar didn’t exist? Who were their fathers if not Ragnar?

Did mongolians seriously burn all those precious books and pieces of art, or this is an alibi fictionalized by the middle eastern historians in order to claim that their improvement is ceased for reasons beyond their control.

A friend of mine, in whom i did not confide, said mongolians did not burn those books, rather Hulagu make them transfered to city of Kazan. Then, they stayed there in safety until Ivan the Terrible's persecution over Tatars is started.

German and British tanks of world war 2, such as the Panzer IV / V or the Cromwell have turrets that consist out of multiple flat metal plates , that are wielded / riveted together. Meanwhile tank turrets of the US or the Soviet Union ( such as the T 34 or the Sherman ) have more extreme shapes and far less flat areas or even none at all.

I assume that this might be due to US and Soviet tanks utilizing turrets made out of cast metal which allows for more complex shapes ? But then again. Why didn't the UK or Germany make use of cast metal turrets, after all they seem to provide better protection due to allowing for less flat areas?

Is it related to the revolution in Haiti?

Ok I can understand that many of them maybe did not actually like Hitler and were just following orders because they were afraid (I doubt that but I accept it as an argument) but it is still your homeland, your capitol your civilians your families there... how could they just retreat to the west instead of going full "this is sparta" mode inside the city with whatever they had?