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Recently i learned that ancient apples tasted like raw potatoes. So that triggered off my curiosity. What did Ancient applejuice taste like?
During the age of sail, did any first or second rate ship of the line travel around Cape Horn or the Straits of Magellan? The largest I've ever read about were frigates.
During medieval times, did different infantry members of the same army use different types of swords? As in, did all units use the same type of sword, or was there a weapon of choice for each person? (As in, different sword types - longer, shorter, curved - or different melee weapons such as axes)
During WWII, did panzer leading generals and field marshalls such as Guderian, Manstein, Rommel etc. participate in the battle actively on the front line? And overall, where were they situated during battles and offensives?
Where did Arthur Wellesely (future Duke of Wellington) live when he was in Brussels? In 1785 he lived in Brussels with his mother. Do we know at what address?
A lot of "medieval" music has a very identifiable sound to it, would there be a noticeable difference between each period of the Medieval Age?
How about Roman music to medieval music? German music from English music? French music from Baltic music?
What wax did medieval archers use for their bow strings?
Did Tyre have a government similar to Carthage's? Suffetes, a senate, an assembly, etc?
I have read on the internet (so accuracy is very questionable) that Vlad the Impaler may have fed a gypsy, to other gypsies? or basically forced others to commit cannibalism (outside of starving to death during a siege)... so TLDR: Is there any merit to Vlad being a cannibal, or practicing cannibalism, or forcing others to engage in it?
Also in Outlaw King, We see our nobles wearing cloaks with their device's embroidered onto them
Was this a real fashion style or just clever costuming by the film?
Why was phrenology never studied on animal skulls?
What did ancient applejuice taste like?
Which society was the first to establish legal equality between men and women?
I realize that there can be multiple answers to this depending on how one weights various things (such as sex-segregated spaces, "boys club" situations, etc.). Feel free to name multiple places based on different standards.
Growing up I've always assumed that the first country to have (at least on paper) legal equality between the sexes was either Britain or the USA, because I've always heard of the history of feminism in the context of those two countries. But that could just be because I'm only consuming English-language media.
What was the population of the US States when the US was founded? Was the ratio of the difference between states as large as it is now, say between California and Alaska?
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Who Said, "I don't agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself"?
This quote is typically attributed to Oscar Wilde, a twisting of Voltaire's famous quote, but I can't find any evidence of whom said it. What was the context, who said it, and when? I've tried looking for it but can't find anything beyond the typical internet factoids.
Thanks!
Could Vinland have been Bermuda?
What was the average age of the nazi officers that managed the concentration camps?
How tall were the Aztecs ?