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In Ken Follett’s “World Without End” he writes that when medieval people would travel on roads they would use a system where they would run for twenty paces, then walk for twenty paces, and so on. Is this accurate?

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Why was Roman Catholicism such a trend among the English intelligentsia of the 30s and 40s?

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Why are oak trees always sacred to thunder gods?

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Why do scholars think the Song of Deborah is the oldest part of the Hebrew Bible?

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Thomas Urquhart, a Scottish aristocrat and polymath, was said to have died of laughter when he heard that Charles II had taken the throne: what did he find so funny about that?

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In the new All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), a German general is shown ordering his troops to attack a French position in the hopes of capturing it in the fifteen minutes before the armistice agreement goes into effect at 11:00 am. Did such a thing happen or was it even remotely possible?

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In "Amadeus" the courtiers mention that Emperor Joseph II passed a law that no ballets were allowed in his operas; was such a law a real thing?

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Was Torquemada a converso?

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Male Chastity in Ancient Rome

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What form of Christianity does the Borgen Family practice in “Ordet”?

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In Ken Follett’s “World Without End” he writes that when medieval people would travel on roads they would use a system where they would run for twenty paces, then walk for twenty paces, and so on. Is this accurate?	1851
Why was Roman Catholicism such a trend among the English intelligentsia of the 30s and 40s?	132
Why are oak trees always sacred to thunder gods?	51
Why do scholars think the Song of Deborah is the oldest part of the Hebrew Bible?	20
Thomas Urquhart, a Scottish aristocrat and polymath, was said to have died of laughter when he heard that Charles II had taken the throne: what did he find so funny about that?	13
In the new All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), a German general is shown ordering his troops to attack a French position in the hopes of capturing it in the fifteen minutes before the armistice agreement goes into effect at 11:00 am. Did such a thing happen or was it even remotely possible?	13
In "Amadeus" the courtiers mention that Emperor Joseph II passed a law that no ballets were allowed in his operas; was such a law a real thing?	13
Was Torquemada a converso?	7
Male Chastity in Ancient Rome	6
What form of Christianity does the Borgen Family practice in “Ordet”?	4