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Despite their anti-Christian image, black metal bands often use castles and other motifs from Christian Medieval Europe in their image. Was there ever a place and time where classic Medieval castles (i.e., stone ones from about 1000 onward) were used by pagans? Perhaps in the Baltic region?	2
How great, really, was the gap in civilizational advancement between Greeks/Romans and Germanic/Celtic "barbarians"? Have we overstated the cultivation of the former and/or the barbarism of the latter in any way?	2
Is there any evidence that NY Governor Mario Cuomo really had mob ties? If not, why did he never run for president, despite having been one of the most charismatic Democratic politicians of the Reagan-Bush era?	2
Mexican independence hero Miguel Hidalgo reportedly shouted "Long live Ferdinand VII!" 207 years ago this week. Was his goal for New Spain to remain a Spanish colony but with more direct royal oversight?	2
When did humans discover that inhaling helium allows for humorously high voices?	2
By the 18th century, was the Spanish Inquisition less strict than before? After all, one would think that its rigorousness might have been relaxed once the original ex-Muslim and ex-Jewish Catholic converts were no longer contemporaries of anyone then living.	2
Were 18th-century-style knee-breeches still the main type of men's pants in W. Europe during the first decade of the 19th century?	2
Did the fall of the Soviet Union result in any serious interest in establishing a constitutional monarchy in Russia with an heir to a cadet branch of the Romanov dynasty?	2
Did the Protestant Reformation elicit a more conciliatory attitude between the Catholic and Orthodox churches?	2
Did Chaucer know about Dante?	2

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