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Are there any records of native Americans (across both continents) attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean or even simply exploring the Atlantic away from the coasts?	30
During the period when trenchers were common as table wear in medieval Europe, was the bread they used baked specifically for that purpose or were people repurposing unused or unsold bread? Would they have been bought in bulk from bakers and stored, or purchased/made on a daily or as need basis?	11
Are there any records of native peoples of the Americas embarking on sea-faring journeys in search of discovery or new lands? If so were any successful?	6
Are there any known cases of people in the pre-Columbian Americas exploring eastwards into the Atlantic ocean or even reaching Europe and Africa? If so did any ever return?	5
Do historians consider the New Testament to be a work of Roman literature or is there enough difference with contemporaneous Roman literary tradition to categorize it separately?	5
How did the medieval, Christian Byzantines reconcile the greatest territorial extent of the Empire occurring under the Pagan administration of Trajan in 117 AD with their general worldview that military and economic success, or lack thereof, was a result of God's judgement of their behavior?	1
Did Greco-Roman artists model their sculptures of the gods on real people or did they create fictional visages for them?	1
I am an average Roman citizen in the year 220. What would a visit to the public baths actually look like? What would I be doing while I was there and in what order?	1

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