In the end, most history is < 100% certified factual, and > 0% anecdote. The rigor we should expect, and the skepticism we should employ, should scale with the

In the end, most history is < 100% certified factual, and > 0% anecdote. The rigor we should expect, and the skepticism we should employ, should scale with the importance of the historical "fact", and this is a pretty trivial, unimportant fact.