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Why does French use so many silent letters?	448
Where does the "Redneck" and "Hillybilly" culture of America come from? I am a white dude from the mountains of South Western Virginia and I am curious about my people.	360
I just read that at Mary Tudor's coronation "Four swords were held before her as she ate, and according to custom she 'rested her feet on two of her ladies.'" How did that work? Did two noblewomen have to lay prone under the table? WTF?	276
Can an historian please explain to me the death of Arius, behind the Arian Christian sect? I just read that in Constantinople "he felt the urge to relieve himself and squatted and all his intestines, and liver and kidneys fell out, killing him almost instantly." WTF?!?	236
How do historians feel about Graham Hancock? I just discovered his books and they seem interesting, is he a kook or does his theories hold weight?	116
Is the story of Porcia Cato swallowing hot coals upon being told of her brother's and Brutus' death plausible?	103
Hello Historians! The book I'm reading about Africa right now says that the script for the civilization of Kush remains undeciphered but it was written in the late Sixties, what is the situation like today?	82
Can someone tell me about "blue eyed Berbers" and more specifically the "fearsome Jewish warrior-queen known to the Arabs as Kahina, or 'the Phrophetess', who galloped into battle with her fiery red curls"	73
I just finished the movie The Girl King about Kristina of Sweden, it portrays her as a lesbian with her embarrassed advisers doing their best to look the other way. Is it confirmed that she was a homosexual?	70
I just read Darius I, after defeating the Ionian Revolt and to punish the Greeks, sacked and burned Miletus and transplanted some of its population to the mouth of the Tigris. Do we know what happened to these Greeks? Also what usually happened to the people's of forced migrations?	49

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