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In the tv show "Vikings" both common and noble Englanders alike believe that Roman ruins come from a lost race of giants. This seems far-fetched to me. How much do we know about how much they really knew their own history?

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Were there any slave uprisings on current US soil that did not involve indiscriminate killings of whites?

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In the tv show "Vikings" both common and noble Englanders alike believe that Roman ruins come from a lost race of giants. This seems far-fetched to me. How much do we know about how much they really knew their own history?	363
Were there any slave uprisings on current US soil that did not involve indiscriminate killings of whites?	1