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“Europeans in my opinion seem to have more class “ I’m not even sure how to answer this, maybe I ought to point out the Italians I worked w some years back were prone to acts of violence far in excess of typical Americans. Maybe I ought also to point out the loudmouth people of Italian descent...

Please. No it wasn't, it was simply treachery on part of Arminius. The Romans were not marching in a disciplined formation, marching w/o wearing armor, unprepared for any attack simply because Arminius was supposed to be a Roman ally but was in reality a treacherous enemy. The battle was...

d'Artagnan was a real person. They were known as Musketeers because they used muskets, as cavalry they also used swords

A problem I see w using M222/L21 ratio is that it was likely a much different ratio back in the 800’s 900’s when Norse were taking prisoners in raids. If M222 is as believed, to be a gene spread by upper class nobles, 2 problems arise. 1. It was most likely less frequent in the era of Viking...

Nice list. Yingguo is commonly in use for UK, England is also Yinggelan. Interesting you haven’t got Ireland but it’s the same as Northern Ireland minus the leading bei (north). You’re only using Simplified Zhongwen w Pinyin romanization, whereas traditional Chinese is still also in use as well...

I believe it's a reference to the 1922 treaty that was forced from the UK during a bloody insurgency to win home Rule. Strongbow plus most upper class followers were Cambro Norman (not English) loyalists to French speaking kings of England (who brought an army from all over France and Belgium...

Seems to me a reference to present day Americans being lucky at having such men found the country True, Europe being newer, is a less well known about country in the US. Well G Washington satisfied himself w being president of the US and refuse to run for more than 2 terms lest he be like a...

Americans oening big cars probably is because Gasoline is cheaper in America than in Europe so extra space for passengers/cargo is preferable (except in crowded cities where parking a large auto can be a problem). Big states, well it's most likely the result of geography and demographics. Some...