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Is AMC’s “Turn” historically accurate?

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I know that you should always keep your knives sharpened because a dull knife hurts more than a sharpened one, so back when people would fight with swords, did they keep their swords sharpened or dull?

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What is the history and context behind the "Rod Serling" dialect that so many media personalities had in the 60s?

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What kind of news and media were people consuming in the US prior to the Civil War?

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Why did fashion change so rapidly in the 20th century, as opposed to previous fashions staying the same * in concept * for so long? Why ditch the layers of shifts/chemises, drawers, stays/corsets, petticoats etc so quickly?

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Were any kind of two handed swords used in the crusades (greatswords, longswords...) ? Sorry for my bad english :)

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Did the Byzantines who fled to Europe after the Fall of Constantinople face any sort of discrimination?

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I have two very specific NSFW questions about sexual acts in the 60’s NSFW

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Sir John A MacDonald is often said to have been critical to the formation of Canada"s confederacy. Is this great man theory? How much of an impact did Sir John a MacDonald have on Canada's formation?

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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, both Virginians, were responsible for moving the capital of the U.S. to what is now the District of Columbia. Why was Washington D.C. placed on the Maryland side of the Potomac instead of the Virginia side?

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Is AMC’s “Turn” historically accurate?	5
I know that you should always keep your knives sharpened because a dull knife hurts more than a sharpened one, so back when people would fight with swords, did they keep their swords sharpened or dull?	5
What is the history and context behind the "Rod Serling" dialect that so many media personalities had in the 60s?	5
What kind of news and media were people consuming in the US prior to the Civil War?	5
Why did fashion change so rapidly in the 20th century, as opposed to previous fashions staying the same * in concept * for so long? Why ditch the layers of shifts/chemises, drawers, stays/corsets, petticoats etc so quickly?	5
Were any kind of two handed swords used in the crusades (greatswords, longswords...) ? Sorry for my bad english :)	5
Did the Byzantines who fled to Europe after the Fall of Constantinople face any sort of discrimination?	5
I have two very specific NSFW questions about sexual acts in the 60’s NSFW	5
Sir John A MacDonald is often said to have been critical to the formation of Canada"s confederacy. Is this great man theory? How much of an impact did Sir John a MacDonald have on Canada's formation?	5
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, both Virginians, were responsible for moving the capital of the U.S. to what is now the District of Columbia. Why was Washington D.C. placed on the Maryland side of the Potomac instead of the Virginia side?	5