I'm a highschool student and it angers me whenever I read in textbooks or I hear from a teacher that Columbus "Discovered" America. I have knowledge of the Vinland maps and other such things indicating that Columbus was in fact not first. So please, tell me everyone you can who set foot here before him. Everyone. Travelers, tradesman, geographers, scientists, nomads, or even conqistedors looking for glory. Lay it on me.

There is no doubt that he was a very talented composer, but considering that he lived in a time when racism was prevalent, one might imagine the general public had varying opinions about him.

Did the fact that he was black affect the way people viewed his music?

Just the names alone are so similar and they are quiet near each other I always wondered if they were ever related to each other in some way linguistically or what exactly?

I'm interested to know how did Aztec/Mayan/Inca etc.. armies compare to their European counterparts? I have read the these ancient civilizations fielded huge armies. However, considering they lacked any form of cavalry how did they go about conducting battles. Did they use sophisticated tactics (like the Carthaginian, Macedonian or Roman armies for example) or did they rely on sheer numbers to win battles?

I'm wondering if there's evidence of people using these kinds of everyday phrases in these cultures, or whether it's something specific to modern religious societies.

I have read that some historians doubt that Shakespeare could have written all of his works. IF he didn't, who did, and why allow Shakespeare to take the credit??

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I don't know if it would be better off in /r/poetry.

I'm doing a research paper about Hart Crane and his impact on the literary world. I think I'll say that since he was openly gay, he helped the modernist movement and the shift towards acceptance of gay people. But my question is, was he actually openly gay? I know he died after making sexual advances toward a man on the ship he was on, but I don't know if he was open about it before then.

Nowadays, whenever a news station or newspaper has something that is, or at least is implicitly racist, they usually offer an apology for the incident shortly after.

When did this start? What was the first media outlet to publicly apologize for it?

After recently watching the Borgias, I was reminded of this line which I had first heard playing Assassin's Creed 2 years ago. I did a cursory search on Wikipedia and Google but I can't find this quote in accounts of the siege.

Basically, how did the practice of Christianity become so different, and what were those differences?

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Modern APCs open from the rear so that the machine can provide some cover from enemy fire and not create a funnel of death. After a failed landing or two, why did they not change the design of landing craft?

Obviously unicorns are primarily inspired by horses, but the only animal I can think of that has a "horn" in the style of the unicorn is the narwhal. What is the relationship between the two, if any?

I've been looking at fighter ace statistics for a research paper, and I've noticed that Germans tend to have way more kills than other aces. Why is that? Was the Luftwaffe really that skilled?