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In the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit", some characters in New York City make a direct phone call to Moscow in 1968. Would something like that actually be possible in real life? An american civilian making a phone call to the USSR during the cold war?

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Are there cases of Jewish people that remained in hiding for months/years after WW2 was over, because they were unaware it ended?

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After a battle in medieval Europe, let's say at least 1000 combined deaths on both sides, what was done with the bodies?

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Did people in the Medieval period (500 AD to 1500 AD) treated and talked abouut sword fighting/ combat in general like we treat being good at sports nowadays?

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18th century slangs

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Did people in Scandinavia thought that Ragnarok was going to start after the year with no summer happened (1816)? Also, did Europeans scientists in general knew what caused the summerless year?

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In the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit", some characters in New York City make a direct phone call to Moscow in 1968. Would something like that actually be possible in real life? An american civilian making a phone call to the USSR during the cold war?	475
Are there cases of Jewish people that remained in hiding for months/years after WW2 was over, because they were unaware it ended?	375
After a battle in medieval Europe, let's say at least 1000 combined deaths on both sides, what was done with the bodies?	8
Did people in the Medieval period (500 AD to 1500 AD) treated and talked abouut sword fighting/ combat in general like we treat being good at sports nowadays?	3
18th century slangs	1
Did people in Scandinavia thought that Ragnarok was going to start after the year with no summer happened (1816)? Also, did Europeans scientists in general knew what caused the summerless year?	0