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Where does the "I married Bigfoot" fake newspaper headline come from? When was this joke first appear?

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Was Antoine de Tounens "King of Araucania and Patagonia" -a frenchman who was made king of the Mapuches of South America in 1860 - really a madman?

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If medieval christians were antisemitic, how did they reconcile that with their veneration of the Old Testament and characters such as Moses or Solomon?

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In the final chapters of Chinese Novel Journey to the West, the characters finally reach India and some cities and their culture are described. Did the author have any references on how India was? Have there been ethnological analyses of this book?

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Are there any chances to find Papiry in Punic, and if so, where are archeologists looking?

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Was the stylization of late-roman art a conscious artistic choice, or did Roman artists lose their know-how?

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Was the Arthurian Legend inspired by the reign of Charlemagne?

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Collective Amnesia and American Independences

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Is there any credence to the hypothesis that the Incas visited polynesia?

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What happened to the descendants of the European Slaves of Late Antiquity?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Where does the "I married Bigfoot" fake newspaper headline come from? When was this joke first appear?	6
Was Antoine de Tounens "King of Araucania and Patagonia" -a frenchman who was made king of the Mapuches of South America in 1860 - really a madman?	6
If medieval christians were antisemitic, how did they reconcile that with their veneration of the Old Testament and characters such as Moses or Solomon?	6
In the final chapters of Chinese Novel Journey to the West, the characters finally reach India and some cities and their culture are described. Did the author have any references on how India was? Have there been ethnological analyses of this book?	6
Are there any chances to find Papiry in Punic, and if so, where are archeologists looking?	6
Was the stylization of late-roman art a conscious artistic choice, or did Roman artists lose their know-how?	5
Was the Arthurian Legend inspired by the reign of Charlemagne?	5
Collective Amnesia and American Independences	5
Is there any credence to the hypothesis that the Incas visited polynesia?	4
What happened to the descendants of the European Slaves of Late Antiquity?	4