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I once read an novel where Otto Skorzeny is depicted as being as being extremely likable (on a personal level), having a dirty/good sense of humor, and being over confident. was he like that in reality?
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according to Wikipedia in the USSR local soviets were elected (this is before Stalin) by the "workers". is that true? if so does that mean you couldn’t vote if you had a white collar job?
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I once read a sci-fi story where some people go back in time and visit Boston in 1250BC. The Indians they encounter are extremely patriarchal and one of the characters suggests that it was probably corn farming that improved women’s standing later on. Is the writer referencing a real theory?
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would having been born to working class parents be much of a hindrance to political advancement one hundred years ago in England, even if you were as educated as your aristocratic opponents?
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In Rome the characters, weather at home or at a tavern, never seem to drink anything but red wine, they even mock some Hindu traders for not having any. Did the Romans seriously never bother with any other alcoholic drinks?
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Do you think it’s more meaningful to say that ancient Egypt ended in the fourth century BC (when Alexander invaded) or in the first century BC (when the Romans invaded)?
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