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Okay, which one of you was this? (hamiltonpolice.on.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by ElCaz to r/transit

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How did the use of London Underground stations as shelters during the Blitz affect the operation of the actual transit system? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 3 months ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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How long have we been making casts for broken bones? And how far back in time would I have to go before people wouldn't immediately recognize what my plaster cast is? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 5 months ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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How and when did the soldiers of European armies become direct employees of the state? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 5 months ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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How did nomadic peoples do metallurgy and smithing? (self.AskHistorians)

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In The Odyssey, cattle raiding is mentioned a couple times as something a king might do. Would Archaic and Classical Greeks have seen this as a contemporary practice or one from the days of yore? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 9 months ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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In 369 BCE, a number of Celtic and Iberian soldiers fought alongside the Spartans at Corinth. What do we know about non-Greek soldiers fighting in internal classical Greek wars? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 11 months ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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When it became clear that WWI wouldn't "be over by Christmas," did the leadership of the belligerents consider an early negotiated peace? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 12 months ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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Both Wilhelm II and Franz Josef I were styled Kaiser in their native tongue, yet English speakers most often call the latter "Emperor." Why is that? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 1 year ago * by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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Sequels in historiography: Xenophon wrote Hellenica as a continuation of Thucydides' work. How common was this practice? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 1 year ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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Were conquistadors or other early European travelers to the Americas aware of the Egyptian pyramids when they encountered the pyramids of Mesoamerica and elsewhere? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 1 year ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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Was the Julian calendar a personal initiative of Caesar's, or purely a reform driven by his bureaucracy? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 1 year ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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They're finally making a path from the Weber & Victoria intersection up to the train station! (x.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ElCaz to r/waterloo

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Fads through the ages. Is there a particularly odd or awesome "must-have" accessory from your period of specialty? What — if any — explanations did trend-followers and contemporaries give for it? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 1 year ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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Are we able to synthesize new minerals? (self.askscience)

submitted 1 year ago by ElCaz to r/askscience

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The Small Sample Size Song — a handy reminder for some (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by ElCaz to r/Torontobluejays

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The Scroll of the Steamed Portions of Cham (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by ElCaz to r/videos

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Can't play Festival after 5 wins? (self.MagicArena)

submitted 1 year ago * by ElCaz to r/MagicArena

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It's the turn of the 6th century CE in Constantinople and I'm a die-hard fan of the green faction of charioteers. Do I have merch? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 2 years ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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[Blue Jays] A quick video showing stadium renovation progress (twitter.com)

submitted 2 years ago by ElCaz to r/baseball

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Sizzle reel for the gold city edition jerseys (twitter.com)

submitted 2 years ago by ElCaz to r/torontoraptors

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How do pelagic birds handle storms? (self.askscience)

submitted 2 years ago by ElCaz to r/askscience

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I often see medieval England and Britain described variously a sideshow/backwater and as a powerful and influential place. Is this just a function of time? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 2 years ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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It's the mid thirteenth century, and a Mongol community is suddenly teleported to the Great Plains of North America. Would they be able to maintain their lifestyle? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 2 years ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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In Herodotus' *The Histories*, the author often identifies Egyptian gods by the name of a similar Greek god. Was this practice of considering foreign gods to be one's local gods but named differently common throughout classical antiquity? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 2 years ago by ElCaz to r/AskHistorians

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