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Many ancient polytheist religions are presented today as having a single widely accepted pantheon, mythology, etc. in their heyday like modern religions. Is this accurate, or were they more like disjointed and inconsistent local cults whose stories were merged and codified after the fact?
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In Norse mythology, there's no real indication of the heights of dwarfs and Jotnar/giants as a whole. If that's the case, where did the idea that dwarfs are short and giants are gigantic come from?
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An oft-repeated factoid about the Yugoslav Wars is that a popular insult at the time was "I hope your home appears on CNN." Is there any truth to whether people in the former Yugoslavia said this? Is it likely someone in the middle of the war would be familiar with foreign media coverage?
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There's an oft-repeated factoid that the Nazis declared the Sioux tribe to be "honorary Aryans." Are there any primary or contemporary sources to back this up?
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Were slaves in antebellum America ever legally owned in the name of a business or institution, rather than in the name of an individual?
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There's an oft-repeated factoid that Nazi Germany declared the Sioux tribe to be "honorary Aryans." Is there any truth to this claim?
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[WP] Ever since you've moved into the new house, you've been having strange happenings: objects falling off the shelves, scratch marks on the furniture, strange echoings when the backyard door is closed. You've called a demonologist about poltergeists, but he says it's just a ghost cat.
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