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What the heck was going on in New York at Christmas in the 1770s? Wikipedia's history of Santa Claus describes "aggressive home invasions," "sexual deviancy" and a weird parody of Dutch culture.

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How popular was the name Jesus in the Roman world before or after Christ?

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At the peak of the Roman Empire, could someone traveling from one end of the empire to the other expect the same standards in the way we would traveling cross-country today?

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We're today living in a world rife with conspiracy theories (QAnon, the Deep State, Truthers, Lizard People, etc.). Is there a modern historical parallel where past generations had to also grapple with the widespread belief in unfounded conspiracies? What was the cause of this misinformation?

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How many days in the year could we expect someone living in the Medieval Ages to be sick?

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So what's the real deal with the Pied Piper?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What the heck was going on in New York at Christmas in the 1770s? Wikipedia's history of Santa Claus describes "aggressive home invasions," "sexual deviancy" and a weird parody of Dutch culture.	5051
How popular was the name Jesus in the Roman world before or after Christ?	63
At the peak of the Roman Empire, could someone traveling from one end of the empire to the other expect the same standards in the way we would traveling cross-country today?	11
We're today living in a world rife with conspiracy theories (QAnon, the Deep State, Truthers, Lizard People, etc.). Is there a modern historical parallel where past generations had to also grapple with the widespread belief in unfounded conspiracies? What was the cause of this misinformation?	2
How many days in the year could we expect someone living in the Medieval Ages to be sick?	1
So what's the real deal with the Pied Piper?	1