/u/Lewed_Losel answered "How do historians know when manuscripts are dated to, if they have to be repeatedly copied down to preserve them?"

/u/mikedash answered "I was reading about the history of the stapler and found that the first stapler was made for King Louis XV. "The ornate staples it used were forged from gold, encrusted with precious stones, and bore his Royal Court's insignia." Is this true? Does the stapler still exist?"

/u/and__how answered "When 'The Wizard of Oz' was premiered in 1939, was this film most people's first time seeing a film in color, or had most people already had that experience by 1939? Are there any interviews with people after seeing the movie?"

/u/cdesmoulins answered "Who is Shakespeare?"

/u/nientedenada answered "Was erotic shunga celebrating military victory unique to the Russo-Japanese War, or did it have older origins? In addition, did this practice continue into the World Wars?" [NSFW]

/u/Kieslowskifan answered "Historical authenticity of 'Generation War'"

/u/ragingrage answered "Why is the largest battle in history prior to WWI - The Battle of Mukden in the RussoJapanese War - so obscure? Are there any known personal accounts or photographic resources from this major historical event?"

/u/dandan_noodles answered ""Small mercenary armies" is a popular trope when describing European warfare from like, the Renaissance to the beginning of the French Revolution. What were the guts of those systems?"

/u/sickhobbit answered "Between 1945 and 1949, the Netherlands and Indonesia went to war over Indonesian independence. US and British forces were involved, and there were approx 200,000 casualties, before Indonesia finally prevailed. Why is this conflict so obscure? What were the consequences in East Asia?"

/u/wagrid answered "How were the "law of war" and crimes against civilians understood by French sources during Henry V's campaign in France?"

/u/artfulorpheus answered "What caused the division in Buddhism after the Buddha Siddartha Gautama died?"

/u/bigfridge224 answered "How did different cultures during antiquity perceive different religions?"