I was eating my holiday dinner and began thinking about the history of cooking. Noticed a cookbook on the counter and it got me thinking. What is the earliest recorded food recipe? And in a similar vein, what is the earliest written cookbook?

Did people wait for the gods to cure sicknesses or take sick people to a temple?

I've been reading quite a bit about the first world war, and it seems that every country involved has, in one way or another, a "Field Marshal" rank. I see less of this during the second world war, but it seems to have been kept in the Wehrmacht.

So what happened? Is there a reason not many western countries keep the rank?

Where there any alternative names proposed for the USA before it was founded?

Also, was the name voted on or intended originally as a temporary term until after the revolution?

Why is the middle finger so offensive?

I have quite the gap of knowledge between the ancient peoples of the region such as the Dacians and Thracians and the groups that now inhabit the area. Where did they originate from? Was it a similar story to Hungary and the Magyar nomads?

Been learning about this period for my A Levels and am very confused about why the constitutional monarchy failed in the first place. I know about the Flight to Varennes and the Pope's condemnation of France, but there were so many moderates in favor of the const. monarchy, so how did the Jacobins win?

"Typical" is important because several New Testament passages say Jesus easily blended into the crowds whenever he wanted to.

The trailer for the new Moby Dick film shows a whale sinking a whaling ship. Would this kind of thing have been a hazard to shipping in the period? Are there any legends of sea monsters outside of poems like Tennyson's "The Kraken"?

I love this show and I love history and I almost dont want to know the answer so the show will remain unspoiled but I have to know how accurate the show is.

I can't seem to find any pictures of this team or much about them at all really as it was a part of the not-quite-NFL league (PCPFL). I recently found out my grandpa played on the 1943 team and want to try to recreate his uniform. Can anyone help?

I always wondered, how knights in the heat of a battle could tell an ally from an enemy when every full body armour looked very similar. Did they use different colored feathers on their helmets or did they have crests very visible on parts of their armour? I would be happy if someone could enlighten me! Thank you!

Would it have potentially thawed US-USSR relations to the point of ending the Cold War if Reagan hadn't adopted anti-détente policies?

Did they have campaigns?

Did they nominate themselves or were they nominated by others?

Were there ballots or did the electors come together in a meeting to vote?

Who counted the votes?

Thanks!