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Where did the depiction of ghosts being floating faced bedsheets come from?

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We have a lot of details about historical battles like Cannae, Waterloo, Gettysburg, etc. How do you historians gather enough resources to recreate the tactics and events in these battles, what tends to e useful resources, and how do you verify the veracity of these sources?

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In Dante’s Inferno, Brutus is one of the 3 betrayers doomed to be punished by Satan in the deepest part of hell for all eternity. Can it be inferred from here that Dante held favorable views of Julius Caesar? If so, were these views shared by his contemporaries?

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Did any one in the Imperial Japanese Leadership oppose the Pearl Harbor attack?

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When and why did eyewear like the monocle and pince-nez go out of style?

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There are a ton of WW2 memes about Germany being shocked at Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and how it was a bad idea. Was this really Germany’s stance on the matter? Was there any official statement?

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During world war 2, was there anyone in German intelligence or the German military who suspected that the Enigma code was cracked?

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I've heard some say that the US, perhaps indirectly or maybe unofficially, supported the Khmer Rouge. Is this in some way true? Given that they were a communist party, why would the US support them? What did they have to gain?

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Did Shakespeare ever receive contemporary criticism for having many characters in his play be Italian and therefore, presumably, Catholic?

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Why did orders of monks and monasteries in China practice and cultivate martial arts?

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Where did the depiction of ghosts being floating faced bedsheets come from?	18
We have a lot of details about historical battles like Cannae, Waterloo, Gettysburg, etc. How do you historians gather enough resources to recreate the tactics and events in these battles, what tends to e useful resources, and how do you verify the veracity of these sources?	18
In Dante’s Inferno, Brutus is one of the 3 betrayers doomed to be punished by Satan in the deepest part of hell for all eternity. Can it be inferred from here that Dante held favorable views of Julius Caesar? If so, were these views shared by his contemporaries?	13
Did any one in the Imperial Japanese Leadership oppose the Pearl Harbor attack?	12
When and why did eyewear like the monocle and pince-nez go out of style?	10
There are a ton of WW2 memes about Germany being shocked at Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and how it was a bad idea. Was this really Germany’s stance on the matter? Was there any official statement?	10
During world war 2, was there anyone in German intelligence or the German military who suspected that the Enigma code was cracked?	8
I've heard some say that the US, perhaps indirectly or maybe unofficially, supported the Khmer Rouge. Is this in some way true? Given that they were a communist party, why would the US support them? What did they have to gain?	8
Did Shakespeare ever receive contemporary criticism for having many characters in his play be Italian and therefore, presumably, Catholic?	7
Why did orders of monks and monasteries in China practice and cultivate martial arts?	7