My apologies if this is the wrong subreddit - this seemed like the right place, but I'll be happy to take the question elsewhere.

Why is the extinction of the dodo so famous, as opposed to, say, the extinction of the carrier pigeon? The latter was actually a much more significant feat, both in the impact the species had on human life and the environment, and in terms of the sizes of the populations involved. So why have more people heard of the dodo than the carrier pigeon? Is it because the dodo itself was such an oddity, or for other reasons?

Why do some cultures use them? Where did they come from?

Questions: How much land would a serf have to tend? What was the ratio of bonded men to free men? Did the peasantry own any of the agricultural land or where they all sub tenets of the lords?

Thank you for your time.

I assume people always carried money (please correct me if I'm wrong), but when did a folded piece of leather with money and a driver's license become a normal (almost essential) possession for men?

I have read a few books about the Civil War, and it's usually mentioned that in the South there was a tremendous fear and paranoia of a slave rebellion. It seems unlikely the slaves could have ever rebelled to any significant degree, give the way they were controlled and the swiftness in which the South would have put down any nascent rebellions. So what was this fear based on?

I saw a photo once of a U.S. soldier replacing a German street sign which read "Adolf Hitler St." with a painted one that said "Roosevelt Blvd."

Did everything that was named after Hitler get renamed or demolished?

I'm currently doing some research into the Lower Silesia region of Poland, with a view to marketing it as a site for contemporary tourism, and as such have been looking into its past/history.

I have come across many references to a time when Lower Silesia was an extremely popular holiday destination for the European aristocracy, and that this is why the region is so densely populated with stunning palaces. However, I've failed to find any hard facts, stories, or details on this period in Lower Silesian history.

Can anyone out there enlighten me? When did these people go there? (I'm guessing 17th, 18th & 19th Cs) Where were they from? How many of them were there? How long did they stay? (If they took the trouble to build themselves palaces, they must have returned regularly?) Did they have any rituals? (eg. big annual parties, marriage arrangements,) Were any particularly famous people involved?

Any information or sources I should look into would be extremely gratefully received, and thank you very much in advance.

How did Yiddish, Ladino, etc develop? It seems like regional Jewish vernaculars developed through contact with the local culture (obviously) but then how did the languages not assimilate? Why do local Jewish vernaculars pop up so regularly rather than the community being bi lingual?

Might be a stupid, question, but I'm still curious. Obviously they must've explored there down south (hueh hueh), but exploration and conquest are two very different things.

Thank you!

I remember reading that the myth that carrots help your vision comes from the British not wanting the Germans to know that they were using radar for guidance.

But I recently saw a picture of a Japanese bomber that had radar in the nose. So if the Axis were using radar, then why did they need to keep it quite? Was the Axis radar not a detection radar but more of a guidance one? I remember reading that they had their bombers follow one radio wave until it crossed another one, and that's where they would bomb.

Thanks