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Snoop and Tupac, in their early careers (1996 and earlier) often talked about their ties to the crips and bloods respectively. Did they actually come from those gangs?

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Was the 'brazen bull' torture/execution device said to exist in ancient Greece actually real?

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Is it true that troops during the Napoleonic Wars used gunpowder as seasoning on food due to salt shortages?

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How did the KKK become anti-semitic? I've read before that older members of the KKK claim that it wasn't anti-semitic initially, but that became part of the organisation's ideology over time. How and when did this happen?

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I recently found that there are some (highly controversial) claims that Jesus (of christianity) was fathered by a Roman Legionary named Panthera/Pantera/Pandera. What is the modern perspective on this and if it's bogus, who do historians think was the real father?

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When/how did the colours red & blue become associated with police?

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Was there ever actually a lawsuit involving American servants or slaves suing masters over lobster consumption?

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How did the descendants of Montezuma II come to be accepted as Dukes in the Spanish nobility? How were they viewed by the rest of the Spanish nobility?

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Got a few myths about Pepsi & Coke in World War 2 era Germany I want confirmed or dispelled

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Did Stede Bonnet, the famous Barbadian pirate, still make money from his old plantation while pirating?

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Snoop and Tupac, in their early careers (1996 and earlier) often talked about their ties to the crips and bloods respectively. Did they actually come from those gangs?	35
Was the 'brazen bull' torture/execution device said to exist in ancient Greece actually real?	33
Is it true that troops during the Napoleonic Wars used gunpowder as seasoning on food due to salt shortages?	32
How did the KKK become anti-semitic? I've read before that older members of the KKK claim that it wasn't anti-semitic initially, but that became part of the organisation's ideology over time. How and when did this happen?	20
I recently found that there are some (highly controversial) claims that Jesus (of christianity) was fathered by a Roman Legionary named Panthera/Pantera/Pandera. What is the modern perspective on this and if it's bogus, who do historians think was the real father?	19
When/how did the colours red & blue become associated with police?	14
Was there ever actually a lawsuit involving American servants or slaves suing masters over lobster consumption?	13
How did the descendants of Montezuma II come to be accepted as Dukes in the Spanish nobility? How were they viewed by the rest of the Spanish nobility?	12
Got a few myths about Pepsi & Coke in World War 2 era Germany I want confirmed or dispelled	11
Did Stede Bonnet, the famous Barbadian pirate, still make money from his old plantation while pirating?	10