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Shakespeare gives directions for some characters to speak Welsh in Henry IV Part 1. Would the actors have said anything comprehensible or would they instead have performed racist mockery of the language?	2783
In the game “Yakuza 4”, one character claims the Yakuza worked hand-in-hand with the police to rebuild Japan after the end of World War 2. Is this true or modern myth-making?	153
Did Attila actually call himself “Descendant of the Great Nimrod. Nurtured in Engaddi. By the grace of God, King of the Huns, the Goths, the Danes, and the Medes. The Dread of the World”, or did ancient sources actually attribute this to him?	115
If Latin in the times of the Roman Empire was spelled out with no spaces, were there ever cases of confusion between words like in modern English with "Pen Island" and "Penis Land"?	63
The JSDF was founded in 1954, meaning that the first Godzilla movie must’ve been one of its earliest depictions. Does its portrayal in it reflect the politics of Japan’s rearming meaningfully, or are they there as mere fodder?	13
What was the role of the Yakuza in rebuilding Japan after World War 2? Was it in cooperation with the police or not?	7
Why didn’t the Latin “Regnum Hungariae” get translated into English as the “Kingdom of Hungaria”, and why doesn’t Hungary have a -ia suffix like Bulgaria or Romania to this day?	5
[Long Post] Historical plausibility (not accuracy) of the Bronze Age Battle of Siddim in Genesis 14?	5
Henry III of England died in 1272 but his son and heir Edward I "Longshanks" didn't return from his Crusade until 1274. Who was running the country in his absence, and how did they do so?	3
Both the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising and and Napoleon’s invasion of Russia have been termed the “Second Polish War”. Precisely which war involving Poland is the “First Polish War” meant to be?	2

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