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That's grossly overselling the Internet. Unless what you want to know is either in vogue, or makes someone money, there's a solid chance you won't be able to find any good information on it. God forbid you should want to learn about something which shares a name with a completely different, but much more popular, thing.
And speaking as someone who very specifically does NOT want the newest things, they try very damn hard to force it by constantly updating standards so older tech is no longer compatible/usable (2018 is not at all old in my books).
Wikipedia would be a good example against you argument. I can find out details of the reign of Caesar Augustus as well as how many valence electrons are on a carbon atom. Neither of those is in vogue nor particular money makers and I know exactly where to find the info just by searching Wikipediea. Additionally, all the sources are linked so I can go down a rabbit hole on any deeper version of the topic if I want.
You listed one of the most popular historical figures, by far, and some physics/chemistry, which I can assure you is involved in making enormous amounts of money, as someone in the nanotechnology field.
Try finding actually legitimate information regarding Tartaria.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarian_Empire
7 sources for further reading in that article, too.
Like I said, try finding actually good information on the real thing, not just 'debunking' a bunch of obvious bullshit. People wrote about it as fact before 1911ish, yet it's almost impossible to find any of that 'human knowledge' anywhere online.
Just a few things I've managed to find:
An old novel
Britannica has some sparse information
The first edition of the Britanica speaks of it as a 'vast country'
Clearly there has been a lot written on the subject, but you really have to dig to find even scraps remaining of what people once said of it, which gets overshadowed by popular conspiracy theories as you have shown.