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Where does black metal corpse paint come from? I've seen BM musicians claim it came from Old Norse Berserkers, but that seems to me like a crafty attempt to assign a romantic, mystical, and pagan origin to what would much more easily and credibly be explained by... Kiss and King Diamond.
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The states of Georgia, Maryland, New York, North and South Carolina, and Virginia are all named after British royals. Why did they remain unchanged after American independence? Was there any public debate about whether to keep or change them? [3rd attempt]
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Just the other day, there was a question about the name Halfdan(e) among Viking-era Norsemen. Were there other similarly formed names (e.g., Halfswede or Halfgeat, or whatever would have been the proper Old Norse forms)?
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Has treatment of Bedouin people by sedentary Arabs been comparable to how Irish Travellers, Roma people, Yenish people, and other traditionally itinerant peoples have been treated in Europe? If not, why?
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During the 1950s and 1960s, was the difference in standards of living between Western Europe and Latin America smaller than it was in the 90s?
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After breaking with Rome, how did England deal with foreign Catholics who might want to make pilgrimages to places associated with Catholic saints like Canterbury Cathedral?
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In both The Irishman (2019) and Hoffa (1992), Jimmy Hoffa is portrayed as particularly foul-mouthed and hot-headed. Are these portrayals true to life in those characteristics?
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