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Heard it in a Timothy Snyder's podcast, that there was a time Czechs could have ruled the Medieval Europe, if not for a few cases of bad luck. Does it hold?	4
I am a woman of a violent profession (a thief, a mercenary) in late medieval period (1500-). Could I be chilling in a city tavern without a hat? Or would it be unthinkable, in that case, what kind of hat would it be proper for a traveling woman to wear?	3
Are there any documentarily proven examples of state leaders (kings/presidents/fuhrers) using doubles in public? Or are these assumptions only conspiracy theories?	3
Could we say that Cluniac Reforms actually re-created the church organisation in some form or way close to the druidic society?	3
In the time and place you study, were there any documentarily proven examples of state leaders (kings/presidents/fuhrers) using doubles in public? Or are these assumptions only conspiracy theories?	2
How true is the theory about Paleolitic era and Neolitic people that they thrived during the ice age, and adjusted to living in a "grass biome", and the thawing of ice disrupted and flooded that biome (like Siberian tundra)?	2
Is there a historical reason to why most of the popular "Irish Folk" songs are in English?	1
Can it be true that atomic bombs as a weapon have been largely "stigmatized" in the world politics because they were used against the population mostly, and not to achieve any significant military goal?	1
I am a chieftain of a small Celtic or Germanic tribe, tribute-paying and friendly to the Rome ca. year 50 BC (could be other periods if you know that info). How can I become a full citizen of the Rome?	1
Is there any historically proven example of a conspiracy theory that was not debunked but actually confirmed?	1

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