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In the 13th Warrior Ahmad ibn Fadlan drinks mead because he believes the Arabic prohibition on alcohol is specific to wine and beer. Would this have been a common misconception amongst 10th Century Muslims?

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At what point did Turkish overtake Greek as the majority language in Constantinople?

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Why did Muhammed reject Jesus' divinity, but accept him as a prophet?

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Proto-Indo-European is claimed to be 5500 years old. Doesn't that seem too recent?

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Did Mao believe he had the Mandate of Heaven?

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Why was Galicia (Eastern European) so poor?

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Did the Ottomans hold the Romans in reverence like the modern West does?

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The Domesday Book was completed in 1086. The next British census was not into 1801. Why was no census conducted in the 715 years in between?

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Do we know what an elderly Richard Nixon thought of the Vietnam War?

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How close did Jozef Piłsudski's Międzymorze get to becoming a reality?

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In the 13th Warrior Ahmad ibn Fadlan drinks mead because he believes the Arabic prohibition on alcohol is specific to wine and beer. Would this have been a common misconception amongst 10th Century Muslims?	718
At what point did Turkish overtake Greek as the majority language in Constantinople?	196
Why did Muhammed reject Jesus' divinity, but accept him as a prophet?	121
Proto-Indo-European is claimed to be 5500 years old. Doesn't that seem too recent?	95
Did Mao believe he had the Mandate of Heaven?	90
Why was Galicia (Eastern European) so poor?	73
Did the Ottomans hold the Romans in reverence like the modern West does?	68
The Domesday Book was completed in 1086. The next British census was not into 1801. Why was no census conducted in the 715 years in between?	50
Do we know what an elderly Richard Nixon thought of the Vietnam War?	42
How close did Jozef Piłsudski's Międzymorze get to becoming a reality?	39