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In a Wendy's commercial from the '80s, a Soviet fashion show is shown as the same grey dress for all occasions. What was the fashion industry really like in the USSR?
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I have heard that in the past doctors believed that infants and babies did not feel pain - going so far as preforming surgery on them without anesthetic. Is this true, and, if so, how and why did they come to believe this?
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How exactly did mercenary bands travel from place to place for work? Did they settle in an area for extended period of time until they were hired?
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How did British divisions reform after Dunkirk? Were they disbanded to make new ones, or was an effort made to reunite the scattered personnel from across the country? How did the British "put their army back together"?
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This photo is being passed around the internet labeled as "1950s lesbian wedding", which I cannot find a source for. What could be the context of this photo?
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