Topic of the Episode: History History is one of the more popular tags on the site. Granted, it is cross posted to many other questions, but it has enough good questions to be a topic. One of the problems with history is that many questions or claims of history are not always good questions for skeptics, but many of them may have good answers still based on the prevailing evidence (or lack thereof). Canonical Question: [Did Jesus live?](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/1624/did-jesus-live) Follow Up: [Did people think the earth was flat?](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/453/did-people-think-the-earth-was-flat) [Did NASA invest a million dollars in the research of a space pen, when the USSR simply used a pencil?](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/12518/did-nasa-invest-a-million-dollars-in-the-research-of-a-space-pen-when-the-ussr) [Is all gold ever mined able to fit in a 20x20x20 meter cube?](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/27948/is-all-gold-ever-mined-able-to-fit-in-a-20x20x20-meter-cube) Hot Questions: [Did Fidel Castro ever say ""I will not die until America is destroyed""?](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/36074/did-fidel-castro-ever-say-i-will-not-die-until-america-is-destroyed) [What makes up $17,500 cost to outfit a U.S. Soldier mentioned in War Dogs?](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/36038/what-makes-up-17-500-cost-to-outfit-a-u-s-soldier-mentioned-in-war-dogs) [Do 40% of U.S. Americans think that global warming is unproblematic since Christ will return soon?](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/36010/do-40-of-u-s-americans-think-that-global-warming-is-unproblematic-since-christ) User Shout Outs: [Top Users](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users?tab=Reputation&filter=week): DavePhD, pericles316, Evan Carroll, Avery, RomaH [Welcome New user](http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users?tab=NewUsers&sort=creationdate): Nrenene