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In the tv series Vikings, a prince of the Kievan Rus informs another character (and the audience) that their people used to be Vikings too but then chose to settle there and convert to Christianity and what not. How long did this big, cultural change take? Were there still some pagans among them?
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I am a wealthy Roman citizen. I could live my life without ever working anymore. Alas, I have mental issues: I am, if I were diagnosed today, clinically depressed. What are my options? Do I talk to a philosopher and use him as some sort of therapist? Would my physician prescribe me some weird herbs?
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[WP] You're a monster hunter, having slain many creatures in your seemingly immortal lifespan. You're in Jerusalem and Jesus was just crucified. Little do people know nowadays, Jesus didn't get resurrected by God. He made a deal with Satan and became the first of many vampires...
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How was the morale for allied soldiers (especially WW1 veterans) at the beginning of WW2? Did they think it'd be over quickly, or have some attitude like "we've beaten you Germans once, we can do it again"?
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How were dogs trained in roman and medieval times? Were they a lot harsher on these dogs? Did they (to our current-day standards) abuse them? How effective were these dogs?
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[WP] You just died. Or at least, that's what you thought first. You wake up as your 14-year old self, but with an additional 75 years of life experience and memories.
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[WP] Contact has finally been made with an intelligent alien species. Instead of wanting to meet with our top diplomats and leaders, they have requested for a historian to represent humanity to meet with the equivalent role of their own kind.
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[WP] Water seems to be the most toxic substance in the universe except towards the inhabitants of earth. Humanity just got kicked out of the Federation due to our savageness, since we let even our children play with weapons of mass destruction: water pistols.
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In The Witcher, we see people committing mass suicide because they were facing certain defeat. Did people in medieval (or before) times really sometimes choose suicide over being conquered? Did their reason to do so even make sense in many cases, or was their prospect of brutality overexaggerated?
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