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When did clerical celibacy start being enforced in medieval Europe?

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Why did Native Americans kidnap and adopt Herman Lehmann as a child?

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What is the modern consensus on the Shroud of Turin? Is it real? Is it fake? Why is it so difficult to tell?

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Is there any evidence that prohibition era gangsters actively supported/funded prohibition in order to keep their monopoly on illegal alcohol?

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What did the American and Russian governments actually think would happen in the event of a full-scale nuclear war in the 1950s-60s?

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In most of medieval Europe there were laws that prevented common people from carrying swords inside cities, but that changed in the 16th century when it quickly became very common for men to carry around swords. Why is that?

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Were homosexual relationships really an institutionalized part of Spartan military society?

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How old was Spartacus?

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Is it really a myth that most people thought the world was flat in 1492? If so, why? Was the average person capable of easily understanding proofs for something so counterintuitive?

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Why do some historians completely dismiss the Iliad and Homeric epics as having any historical basis?

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When did clerical celibacy start being enforced in medieval Europe?	8
Why did Native Americans kidnap and adopt Herman Lehmann as a child?	8
What is the modern consensus on the Shroud of Turin? Is it real? Is it fake? Why is it so difficult to tell?	8
Is there any evidence that prohibition era gangsters actively supported/funded prohibition in order to keep their monopoly on illegal alcohol?	8
What did the American and Russian governments actually think would happen in the event of a full-scale nuclear war in the 1950s-60s?	8
In most of medieval Europe there were laws that prevented common people from carrying swords inside cities, but that changed in the 16th century when it quickly became very common for men to carry around swords. Why is that?	7
Were homosexual relationships really an institutionalized part of Spartan military society?	7
How old was Spartacus?	6
Is it really a myth that most people thought the world was flat in 1492? If so, why? Was the average person capable of easily understanding proofs for something so counterintuitive?	6
Why do some historians completely dismiss the Iliad and Homeric epics as having any historical basis?	6