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The greatest thing since sliced bread was clearly the sandwich since it put bread to an even more delicious use-and the real-life man behind everyone’s favorite lunch staple was the Earl of Sandwich, a title that’s lived on for centuries in the quaint English community that shares its name. Sheba giving birth to Menelik was also believed to have been the start of the Solomonic dynasty, the Ethiopian emperors who ruled the country as recently as the 1970s. While Yemen and other regions still see the Queen of Sheba as their own legend, in Ethiopia she is credited with having a son with the biblical King Solomon named Menelik, who was said to have brought the Ark of the Covenant (yep, the same one Indiana Jones was after) back to their country. Clues from her various cultural appearances suggest she came from a place rich with gemstones, spices, and incense, which would hint at roots in modern day Ethiopia, Yemen, or Somalia, and her interactions with King Solomon narrow down her lifespan to a few different periods people have assigned to the historic king. Nobody has been able to definitively prove who the Queen of Sheba actually was, but the legendary royal appears in the sacred religious texts and traditions of Christians, Jews, and Muslims, so scholars are pretty sure she must have been based on somebody (though the stuff about her having a goat hoof for a foot is probably less likely).
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"The Queen of Sheba's Visit to Solomon." Getty Today, it’s largely ceremonial, with current Sheriff Jackie Morris (who now holds the position for a second time, having also been the predecessor to last year's sheriff, Mohammed Saghir) trading in the historic hunt for Merry Men for important stuff like supporting the city's tourism strategy, encouraging residents to utilize all Nottingham has to offer, and "hosting welcome receptions in order to promote the city." 2. Once modern police forces came along, the job had less law enforcement pull. Some argue Robin Hood’s sheriff was based on actual Nottingham Sheriff Reginald de Grey, who was tasked with pulling together an army to defeat the outlaws (including possible Robin Hood inspiration Roger Godberd), defying the area royals in the 13th century. But in real life, the Sheriff of Nottingham’s responsibilities are remarkably less sinister.
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He was Robin Hood’s villainous rival in the classic English tale, trying his best to thwart the folk hero's stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. While unfortunately there's no evidence there was ever an actual Mother of Dragons, other positions from books, folklore, television, and other cultural channels are (or were) very real, and we’ve got the backstories (and, in some cases, current titleholders) to prove it. But then there are those familiar figures who are far from fictional. The kings, queens, and captains that populate pop culture are, for the most part, imagined.