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Ignoring mythological figures that may have been based on real people (King Arthur), and people who existed but we don’t know who they were (The Cheddar man) who is the earliest known human we’re fairly sure existed?

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Has there ever been any instances of a language only being used by a specific gender for a significant amount of time?

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I’ve heard some theories that vikings managed to sail all the way to South America, Is there any evidence that this is true? Or otherwise anything that proves it’s not?

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Where there ever examples of well off families from colonial Louisiana purchasing commissions and fighting in the army of mainland France?

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Did Charlemagne have hand tattoos?

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I’ve heard a lot about the Royal Navy dominating the seas during the age of sail, but exactly how many ships were needed to sustain such dominance?

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If the Nazis considered themselves to be the ‘Third Reich’, what were the other two reichs?

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When the Legion of honour award was created in France, how would it have been worn by an officer?

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Were there ever any cases of cowboys riding on the plains for a long time developing some sort of mental fatigue?

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Recently, I came across a claim saying that the surname “Black” comes from an ancient tradition of road-makers. Is there any truth to this?

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Ignoring mythological figures that may have been based on real people (King Arthur), and people who existed but we don’t know who they were (The Cheddar man) who is the earliest known human we’re fairly sure existed?	824	AskHistorians
Has there ever been any instances of a language only being used by a specific gender for a significant amount of time?	36	AskHistorians
I’ve heard some theories that vikings managed to sail all the way to South America, Is there any evidence that this is true? Or otherwise anything that proves it’s not?	25	AskHistorians
Where there ever examples of well off families from colonial Louisiana purchasing commissions and fighting in the army of mainland France?	20	AskHistorians
Did Charlemagne have hand tattoos?	17	AskHistorians
I’ve heard a lot about the Royal Navy dominating the seas during the age of sail, but exactly how many ships were needed to sustain such dominance?	8	AskHistorians
If the Nazis considered themselves to be the ‘Third Reich’, what were the other two reichs?	5	AskHistorians
When the Legion of honour award was created in France, how would it have been worn by an officer?	2	AskHistorians
Were there ever any cases of cowboys riding on the plains for a long time developing some sort of mental fatigue?	2	AskHistorians
Recently, I came across a claim saying that the surname “Black” comes from an ancient tradition of road-makers. Is there any truth to this?	1	AskHistorians