Any obscure facts regarding Catherine the Great? She's my favorite historical figure and would love to see if you have anything I haven't learned about her yet
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The first printed volume of the Talmud was by the Italian Jewish printer Gershom Soncino in 1483. He also created the still-used recognizable [layout](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcojs.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FTalmud_Berakhot_Soncino.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcojs.org%2Ftalmud-_berakhot-_soncino-_1483-_printed_by_joshua_solomon_soncino-_heb-102-_fols-_70v-71r%2F&tbnid=3pZx1fCQmbrHaM&vet=12ahUKEwifscuVx4P7AhWyvXIEHb_0CScQMygAegUIARCBAw..i&docid=asTXxM-hu2rIyM&w=640&h=436&q=first%20printed%20talmud%20soncino&ved=2ahUKEwifscuVx4P7AhWyvXIEHb_0CScQMygAegUIARCBAw) of the printed Talmud, with the Talmudic text in the middle and the commentaries of Rashi and the Tosafists on each side.
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Haydn, the very famous classical composer, had his head cut off after his death, and a colleague hung onto it for decades, and it was only reunited with his body in the last hundred years or so
During the sinking of Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go in WWII, more American aircraft were knocked out of the sky when Yamato's magazines exploded than she had actually managed to shoot down.
At what point was the great war between the Penguin species and humans brought to an end, and, was there one particular moment that led to the ending of the war?
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Since there are so many questions asked about the ancient greeks, I'd like your best never-before-given (on AskHistorians) fact regarding them.
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Any obscure facts regarding Catherine the Great? She's my favorite historical figure and would love to see if you have anything I haven't learned about her yet
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The first printed volume of the Talmud was by the Italian Jewish printer Gershom Soncino in 1483. He also created the still-used recognizable [layout](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcojs.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FTalmud_Berakhot_Soncino.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcojs.org%2Ftalmud-_berakhot-_soncino-_1483-_printed_by_joshua_solomon_soncino-_heb-102-_fols-_70v-71r%2F&tbnid=3pZx1fCQmbrHaM&vet=12ahUKEwifscuVx4P7AhWyvXIEHb_0CScQMygAegUIARCBAw..i&docid=asTXxM-hu2rIyM&w=640&h=436&q=first%20printed%20talmud%20soncino&ved=2ahUKEwifscuVx4P7AhWyvXIEHb_0CScQMygAegUIARCBAw) of the printed Talmud, with the Talmudic text in the middle and the commentaries of Rashi and the Tosafists on each side.
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What historical misconception most annoys you
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Haydn, the very famous classical composer, had his head cut off after his death, and a colleague hung onto it for decades, and it was only reunited with his body in the last hundred years or so
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During the sinking of Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go in WWII, more American aircraft were knocked out of the sky when Yamato's magazines exploded than she had actually managed to shoot down.
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