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Wikipedia claims that Nazi Germany's National Research Council acknowledged anti-Jewish attitudes were a mistake. True or not?
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In August of 1563, Michel de Montaigne interviewed three Brazilian cannibals who had visited France on the invitation of King Charles IX. How did this invitation come about, and how did the parties communicate with one another during the visit?
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I know the interpretations have evolved, but do historians generally believe the Aztec sun stone was a temalácatl? Something else? Or we’re really just guessing? And if it was a temalácatl, that means it lay horizontal and gladiators found standing on it? Or chained to it?
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In the 360s Varazdat, the future King of Armenia, became the last known Olympic victor, triumphing in boxing. What made a Christian participate in the pagan games celebrating the Olympic Gods?
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