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Is it true that the early Christians believed that Jesus would return during their lifetime? If so, when did Christianity develop the concept of a return of Jesus in the far future?

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What do we know about the Algonquian peoples from before Colombus arrived? Where they seditary? How large where their settlements?

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When caribbean pirates stayed at ports, would they sleep on their ships or at an inn?

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Italy had a strong communist party after WWII. Was that a post-war development, or where there organized communists opposing Mussolini during the war?

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How was Zoroastrianism viewed in european Antiquity? Was Zoroaster really perceived as “inventor“ of magic, and zoroastrian priests as mages?

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Has there ever been an abstract symbol asociated with war, akin to the peace symbol?

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Did Ludendorff ask the emperor to die on the battlefield in the last weeks of WW1?

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Somebody told me a story about an alleged medieval nobleman, who's spouse was discovered to have been a cross-dressing man after 'her' death. Is there any credibility to this story, is it bogwash?

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Is it true that in the 1970s a masonic lodge called "Propaganda Due" controlled the government of Italy?

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In the Wikipedia article to Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, the female main character is refered too as "She/He", does that have in-story reasons?

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Is it true that the early Christians believed that Jesus would return during their lifetime? If so, when did Christianity develop the concept of a return of Jesus in the far future?	37
What do we know about the Algonquian peoples from before Colombus arrived? Where they seditary? How large where their settlements?	36
When caribbean pirates stayed at ports, would they sleep on their ships or at an inn?	33
Italy had a strong communist party after WWII. Was that a post-war development, or where there organized communists opposing Mussolini during the war?	32
How was Zoroastrianism viewed in european Antiquity? Was Zoroaster really perceived as “inventor“ of magic, and zoroastrian priests as mages?	30
Has there ever been an abstract symbol asociated with war, akin to the peace symbol?	29
Did Ludendorff ask the emperor to die on the battlefield in the last weeks of WW1?	26
Somebody told me a story about an alleged medieval nobleman, who's spouse was discovered to have been a cross-dressing man after 'her' death. Is there any credibility to this story, is it bogwash?	25
Is it true that in the 1970s a masonic lodge called "Propaganda Due" controlled the government of Italy?	24
In the Wikipedia article to Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, the female main character is refered too as "She/He", does that have in-story reasons?	24