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What was the public reaction when, in 1924, Hubble discovered that our galaxy was not the entire universe, but rather one minute component of a vastly larger cosmos?
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In the 2018 period comedy-drama film, "The Favourite", set in Great Britain in 1708, various of the lords/politicians are depicted as wearing large amounts of makeup. Was this a historical practice of the time in reality? If so, when did the practice begin and subsequently fall out of fashion?
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The series Vikings depicts ritual sacrifice candidates as going willingly, even eagerly, to their deaths. Is there are historical evidence suggesting that such willingness or eagerness existed in ancient Nordic religion?
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Biagio da Cesena was a 16th-century Italian priest known for his negative reaction to nudity in Michelangelo's fresco for the Sistine Chapel. In response, Michelangelo included a nude Biagio, complete with donkey ears and a snake biting his penis, into the fresco. NSFW
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In the 1760s, an imposter named Šćepan arrived in Montenegro claiming to be the deceased Russian tsar Peter III. Convincing the local people, Šćepan was shortly after proclaimed as the country's ruler, becoming the first and only "tsar" of Montenegro.
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TIL that in the 1760s, an imposter named Šćepan arrived in Montenegro claiming to be the deceased Russian tsar Peter III. Convincing the local people, Šćepan was shortly after proclaimed as the country's ruler, becoming the first and only "tsar" of Montenegro.
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Lorna Doone, a 2000 miniseries adaptation of the novel of the same name. Set in late 17th century England.
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How did a fringe religious group (Christian Science) go on to become the publisher of a widely respected and multiple Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper?
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Ascension Convent - an Orthodox nunnery in the Moscow Kremlin which contained the burials of grand princesses, tsarinas, and other noble ladies from the Muscovite royal court. It was destroyed in 1929 on Joseph Stalin's orders.
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