Can I hope to read a "new" poem, or even just a verse, by Sappho in my lifetime?

I'm particularly interested in exploration on the topic from the lens of comparative religion. I am fascinated by the links between Mithras, Mithra, Mitra, and Maitreya.

Bonus points if anyone can point me towards the Western United States but I would love any recommendations of any sort.

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In Ken Burns' documentary The Vietnam War, former CIA analyst Frank Snepp claims that shredded documents from the U.S. embassy in Saigon were taped back together by the North Vietnamese after the city fell, and the documents were then used as a "blood list" to track down Vietnamese people who had worked for the U.S. government or military. Disregarding whether this story is true in its particulars, what happened to the Vietnamese people who had worked for the U.S. embassy, CIA, MACV, etc., and who couldn't/didn't escape when the South lost the war?

Common knowledge is that the Medici family was a gang of rich bankers who were incredibly corrupt. They are treated like an earlier Italian version of the Rothschilds, and anything with their name on it must stink.

However, the Medici family was also huge proponents of art and are, in part, the reason why we have many Renaissance classics. They also were strong members of the Catholic Church, though some don't seem to have lived a Catholic lifestyle. A Medici became Pope? It MUST be because they bought the power because Heaven forbid a Medici actually be a pious religious person.

I'm curious how much of the 'common knowledge' story of the Medici family is actually true. Were they corrupt tyrants who bought their power? Were any of them virtuous Catholics? Do they deserve any praise or is the Medici family a poison on history?

Did Richard Nixon’s die hard fans dismiss the possibility that Nixon had something to do with watergate or that he or his administration did something corrupt? Were there people defending him and his administration?

Today we cannot imagine Indian or Thai food other than spicy/hot. But if chili was introduced in this region only after Europeans conquered the Americas did the cuisine of these regions undergo a massive change in taste or were the people there relying on other sources of spiciness?

We all have heard about the glories of the Legionaries and the Imperial Roman Army, and the of the earlier Republican Army. But what of the Late Roman Army? By late I'm talking 3rd Century AD (or CE if you prefer). When they abandoned Lorica Segmentata and went back to Lorica Hamata, and the gladius for the spatha and scutum for oval shields. And a return to using spears (hasta). I ask because I hear that although the Western Roman Empire fell, it was not a result of a sub-par military. So how good was this late roman army in battle?

I have found some old pictures on a WW2 memorial where, under the pictures of two women showed a rank of LA.W. and L.W. respectively. A quick Google search didn't help so I thought this would be the place to ask.

I hear a lot about how back in World War II the Nazis spent a lot of time searching for supernatural/paranormal artifacts to help them win the war. Is there any truth behind this?

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Why is it that condiments like mayonnaise are more popular in Europe, while ketchup and mustard reign supreme in America? What about relish, horseradish, etc?

We all know it goes back to the ancient times. Woman had no right to vote, if I recall correctly they didn’t have citizen title in ancient Rome. But also there were woman in power, goddess they prayed to every day, they were born thanks to the woman. I’m genuinely interested how the this social ladder formed.

How advanced was their architecture? I’m imagining them as living in huts and log cabins, but maybe they were more advanced.