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What are some good academic sources on the extinct Narragansett Pacer horse breed?	7
In the 1600s, many French Huguenot refugees from France settled in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, which was later renamed "New York" when the English took control of the settlement. Did any new varieties or dialects of French emerge in the colony due to these settlers?	7
I recently took a MyHeritage DNA test that revealed that I not only have Volga German ancestry, but also ethnic Kazakh ancestry. Given that the Volga German communities in Russia were often insular, what was the Volga Germans' relationship with Kazakhs like in the Volga region during the 1800s?	6
In Stephen Boardman's "The Early Stewart Kings" (1996), he asserts that that much of the negative contemporary views of King Robert II of Scotland originated in the writings of the French chronicler Jean Froissart (c. 1337 – c. 1405). Why did Froissart choose to portray Robert II so negatively?	5
In "The Last Samurai" (2003), the Japanese hire former U.S. Army Cpt. Nathan Algren, an American Civil War veteran, to train Japanese Imperial soldiers. In real life, they instead had SLt. Jules Brunet, a French mounted artillery officer. Were French officers seen as better than American officers?	5
Six months ago, I posted a fan theory that Salazar Slytherin in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series was a Spanish Moor. Could this really be the case?	5
According to sources, the Pilgrims originally planned to settle near the mouth of the Hudson River in what is today New York City in 1620, but the Mayflower was blown off course. However, the Dutch had claimed the Hudson area, and settlers arrived in 1624. Were the Pilgrims aware of Dutch claims?	5
How reliable are the primary and secondary sources used for the book "The Last Duel" (2004) by Eric Jager?	5
Michael Mann's new film, "Ferrari", will take place in 1956, and centers company founder Enzo Ferrari. In 1956, Enzo's son and heir, Dino, died at the age of 24 from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). What was having muscular dystrophy like in the 1950s, and how did affect the Ferraris?	4
Did royalty or nobility tend to have fewer children, and/or have children at an older age, than lay people?	4

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