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What practices and tools do historians use to evaluate sources they suspect might be facetious or trolling?

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When and why did thespians decide that "Macbeth" was cursed?

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Does the phrase "rule of thumb" really originate in wife-beating, and if so, where and when did the rule emerge?

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What practices and tools do historians use to evaluate sources they suspect might be facetious or trolling?	1450
When and why did thespians decide that "Macbeth" was cursed?	1438
Does the phrase "rule of thumb" really originate in wife-beating, and if so, where and when did the rule emerge?	1