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When did people start saying what year it is?

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What happened with the corpses after large battles?

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Most Roman soldiers were famously forbidden from crossing the Rubicon River to enter the capital. However, Rome was occasionally besieged or sacked by its enemies. What was the process for waiving that rule in order to protect the city, and what criteria (if any) existed to decide when to waive it?

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Is there a current consensus on the secret to Rasputin's healing "powers"?

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At Naseby "a hundred [women] were barbarously slaughtered on the spot, while most of the rest had their faces slashed or their noses slit to mark them as whores" (Austin Woolrych). How old is this latter practice of slitting noses? Does it have a backstory?

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How well-regarded is the Youtuber Shadiversity by 'real' historians?

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Chinese children often refer to their parents as "mama" and "papa." However, Chinese is not an Indo-European language. Was this colloquialism made from Western influence or was it spontaneous?

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Where/when exactly did the "it was the jews in the banks" and the "jews run the world" accusations and conspiracies start coming into play, and why?

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If Maya society had already collapsed by the time of contact, what were they doing when they met the Spanish?

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How did France defeat the Spanish so easily in 1823 when Napoleon with all his might couldn't do so? Why didn't a (successful) Guerilla movement rise up in support of the popular liberal constitution?

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When did people start saying what year it is?	89
What happened with the corpses after large battles?	89
Most Roman soldiers were famously forbidden from crossing the Rubicon River to enter the capital. However, Rome was occasionally besieged or sacked by its enemies. What was the process for waiving that rule in order to protect the city, and what criteria (if any) existed to decide when to waive it?	88
Is there a current consensus on the secret to Rasputin's healing "powers"?	88
At Naseby "a hundred [women] were barbarously slaughtered on the spot, while most of the rest had their faces slashed or their noses slit to mark them as whores" (Austin Woolrych). How old is this latter practice of slitting noses? Does it have a backstory?	88
How well-regarded is the Youtuber Shadiversity by 'real' historians?	88
Chinese children often refer to their parents as "mama" and "papa." However, Chinese is not an Indo-European language. Was this colloquialism made from Western influence or was it spontaneous?	88
Where/when exactly did the "it was the jews in the banks" and the "jews run the world" accusations and conspiracies start coming into play, and why?	88
If Maya society had already collapsed by the time of contact, what were they doing when they met the Spanish?	88
How did France defeat the Spanish so easily in 1823 when Napoleon with all his might couldn't do so? Why didn't a (successful) Guerilla movement rise up in support of the popular liberal constitution?	87