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A lot of modern American stereotypes of German culture (lederhosen and dirndls, yodeling, Oktoberfest) are heavily influenced by Bavarian culture. How much of this is due to the US military occupying Bavaria after World War II?

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Did any prominent Nazis become Holocaust deniers?

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In Monty Python's Life of Brian, a man is sentenced to death by stoning for saying "Jehovah." While speaking the Tetragrammaton was certainly a taboo in Judaism, was it actually something enforced by law in ancient Israel? Do we have any records of people being punished for it?

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There's an oft-repeated factoid that the Nazis declared the Sioux tribe to be "honorary Aryans." Are there any contemporary sources to back this up?

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Did the ancient Greeks have a formal literary canon?

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Where in the Capitol Building was the Library of Congress located before it moved to the Jefferson Building?

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Were Jews ever persecuted alongside Christians in Ancient Rome?

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When did the Frankish nobility start adopting names more in line with modern French names?

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In "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla," a character refers to Vinland as the same place as the legendary Saint Brendan's Isle. Were there any medieval Europeans who conflated the two?

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When were the major Romance languages first considered to be their own languages and not just dialects of vulgar Latin?

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A lot of modern American stereotypes of German culture (lederhosen and dirndls, yodeling, Oktoberfest) are heavily influenced by Bavarian culture. How much of this is due to the US military occupying Bavaria after World War II?	40
Did any prominent Nazis become Holocaust deniers?	35
In Monty Python's Life of Brian, a man is sentenced to death by stoning for saying "Jehovah." While speaking the Tetragrammaton was certainly a taboo in Judaism, was it actually something enforced by law in ancient Israel? Do we have any records of people being punished for it?	23
There's an oft-repeated factoid that the Nazis declared the Sioux tribe to be "honorary Aryans." Are there any contemporary sources to back this up?	20
Did the ancient Greeks have a formal literary canon?	16
Where in the Capitol Building was the Library of Congress located before it moved to the Jefferson Building?	10
Were Jews ever persecuted alongside Christians in Ancient Rome?	8
When did the Frankish nobility start adopting names more in line with modern French names?	4
In "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla," a character refers to Vinland as the same place as the legendary Saint Brendan's Isle. Were there any medieval Europeans who conflated the two?	3
When were the major Romance languages first considered to be their own languages and not just dialects of vulgar Latin?	2