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Viking-era Norsemen: Did they consider entities like Fenrir, Surtr and the Jotnar to be villains and enemies of mankind like Christians do with Satan?
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Come Read about Women for Women's History Month! The AskHistorians Flairs Have Put Together a Collection of Writings on the Exciting History of Women!
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Seeing the clouds from above on an aeroplane never fails to amaze me. Are there are any historical accounts of people sighting this for the first time, either in the early history of aviation or perhaps from earlier when climbing tall mountains?
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Throughout the 20th century, why did the U.S. choose to back so many corrupt and/or ruthless people, governments, and regimes?
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How far did the ancient Egyptian technology advance? What can we point to that changed in those 3000 years?
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Frederick II's experiment where the babies that ended up dead from lack of human touch / affection, how authentic is this experiment? take with a grain of salt? or can we reliably assume this actually happened?
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