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In the new Netflix series “The Last Czars” there are a number of black, sub-Saharan guards in the Romanovs’ palace. Is such casting historically accurate and if so, how would they have ended up in such prestigious roles?
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Did ancient soldiers train as hard as we imagine they did and were they as hard-core as we think they are?
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The claim that the CIA funded the Taliban in the 1980s to fight against the USSR is often repeated, but is it actually factually accurate? How much of it is true?
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How did long distance overland travellers (e.g. Marco Polo) fund themselves over the months and years their journeys took?
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Islamic sources describe the vikings (Rus) as very filthy, while English sources describe them as clean and well groomed. Which one is true?
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What is the earliest surviving piece of writing that was an attempt to communicate with people in the far future?
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Did the Vikings that raided and invaded England during the 8th to 10th centuries know that they shared kinship with the Anglo-Saxons? And could they understand each other's Germanic language?
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How did "Auld Lang Syne", a song that makes very little sense if you don't speak Scots, become so popular at various events all across the English-speaking world?
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