You can kind of extrapolate this meta layer if you switch languages on the same topic, because different languages tend to encode different cultural viewpoints and emphasize different things. Also languages that are less frequently updated can capture older information or may retain a more dogmatic framing that has not been refined to the same degree.

The edit history or talk pages certainly provide additional context that in some cases could prove useful, but in terms of bang for the buck I suspect sourcing from different language snapshots would be a more economical choice.