We've had other undeclared wars, Quasi-War for example, but my gut instinct is that it was right after WW2 and people simply tuned it out.

I can´t find a real answer to this on the internet. It seems like Hitler used the death of Hindenburg to get into both positions, but how? Was it another 'Notverordnung'?

I am interested in the origins and development of Christmas and its associated traditions. It is impossible to research this on the internet due to hundreds of dodgy-looking new-age sites claiming its all pagan and Christians just renamed it. And its such a big subject I don't know where to start.

The Scandinavian festival of Yule is often claimed as a precursor to Christmas, yet as far as I know there is no historical evidence for what Yule even was, beyond the name, and a later Christian source describing it as a midwinter blood-sacrifice.

Odin is often claimed as a precursor for Santa Claus, yet again, there is often no evidence presented for this. I think the Christian origins for most of Christmas tradition is more likely, but is there strong evidence or solid scholarship on this? Is there anyone who can disentangle this subject and provide clarity on any aspect of it.

Note that I am not particularly interested in American traditions, or the post-Clement Clarke Moore development of Santa Claus. I think this is pretty well known already.

I saw a video about Bosnian Muslims attacking the Serbian prime minister at the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre and in the video it said the UN let the Serb forces advance without putting up a fight, Allowing it to happen, how true is this? Did the US/UK/Dutch forces plan this?

I know the go-to example of the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate, but it seems more happenstance than anything contrived. Instead I'm hoping for a more specific power shift along cultural, generational, ideological, economic, or regional lines.

I'm reasonably sure we're witnessing TV networks beginning to lose narrative control to "the internet" and I'm hoping there's some previous material to compare to and draw insight from.

What evidence is there that the USSR tortured people to extract confessions? This is especially important considering the Moscow trials and the Great Purge/Yezhovschina.

I'm reading Dan Jones' "The Plantagenets" and while Jones certainly knows how to make these old characters come to life, he's pretty light on details like what exactly it meant to be a Duke or Earl (or count?).

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Had anyone tested the effectiveness of a lavender-stuffed mask at protecting one from inhaling bacteria? Or did plague doctors have a noticeably lower mortality rate when wearing their costume?

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Do we know of any roman military, or commercial songs?

I have no specific culture in mind, mainly because I have only heard of this practice in passing or from a few pictures on the internet. Where, by whom and of course WHY was this practiced?

I am currently doing a research paper on the Vikings conversion from norse gods to christianity. Currently the only primary source I have is The Viking Age by Somerville and McDonald. I am required to use two primary sources and I am having difficulty finding my second one. Help would be much appreciated! Thanks

I would have thought it'd be more profitable just to make them go to a movie theatre when ever they were at port, as it was my dad got to see a bunch of movies (including three James Bond movies, and two starwars movies) for free?