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Why are there more fluent Welsh speakers in Wales than Irish or Gaelic speakers in Ireland & Scotland, when the latter were conquered by the English hundreds of years later?
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Historians used to believe the city of Troy was just a legend. However, the general consensus now is that it existed. What other examples are there of once-thought "mythical" phenomena being found to be historical?
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Why is was England named after the Angles rather than the Saxons? The kingdom that united England, Wessex, was notably a kingdom created by Saxons, so why were the Angles used as the namesake for England?
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How did the Roman Republic survive during the Second Punic war? It lost hundreds of thousands of men - how did harvests still come in and material goods get produced? If the Romans were buying grain and goods, how did the state maintain its income having lost a large portion of the tax base?
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Humans have been living side-by-side with cats for a very long time. What is the history behind litter boxes / designated bathroom areas for cats?
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Benjamin Disraeli persuaded Queen Victoria to not use the title "Empress of Great Britain, Ireland and India" and use the title "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India" to avoid controversy. What controversy it would have caused? Was it avoided?
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