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Is there any evidence that Native Americans back-migrated across the Bering strait into Siberia?	42
When and why did Christianity begin its full-throated opposition to suicide?	42
Hollywood has a trope that Japanese Samurai practiced Buddhist meditation. Is there historical evidence for this? Any primary sources that survive?	41
France's "Black Legion" landed in Wales in 1797, only to quickly surrender. They brought no food, so soldiers left their lines to forage, allowing many to be captured. A Welsh catch of booze was discovered, and soon the legionnaires were drunk. . Why was this attack so poorly planned and lead?	41
We hear that human civilization is either 10,000 or 6,500 years old. But then the agricultural revolution that lead to complex societies is said to have happened 11,500 years ago. Why is there such a range of estimates?	41
In the 8th century, the Catholic church decided to stop preaching exclusively in Classical Latin and adopted simplified Ecclesiastical Latin. Should we assume that up until that point most people could understand enough classical Latin to make sense of a sermon/bible readings?	41
Some modern historians say the Dark Ages weren't that dark. Petrarch begs to differ. Was he wrong about what he described (IE, societal, artistic, legal, and Political collapse)? Was he just being overly dramatic?	41
How big a part of life was letter writing for past generations?	41
Did the Macedonian phalanx totally eclipse the older greek-style hoplites/phalanxes?	41
Apple syrup — a sweetener made from dehydrated apple juice — was once popular in the United States. Today, molasses and maple syrup are still sold in stores, despite being more expensive than sugar, but you almost never see apple syrup. Why did it all but disappear?	40

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