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In movies and TV shows based in the 50s and 60s, like Dirty Dancing and the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, rich families would go spend their whole summers at fancy summer camps. How realistic was this of the times? How were American families able to take 2 months off of work to vacation?

2467 upvotes • Zippidydodah

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When was the first time "ethnic" food came into existence like when would a person have decided to go get Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Greek, etc. like did the ancient Romans decide that they would have Egyptian?

2466 upvotes • CK2Benchmarks

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Has was there a shortage on 100-year-old aged wine/cheese/champagne/etc following the 100th anniversary of the First World War? Will there be another shortage come 2039-45?

2464 upvotes • TheNaturalLife

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There are numerous accounts of young men simply showing up in port and "going away to sea". Who hired these untrained youngsters, how were they trained, and was someone with no sailing experience more of a liability or an asset to their captains?

2464 upvotes • boreas907

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In Band of Brothers, the allies were preparing for a protracted and bloody counter-guerilla campaign against SS towards the end of the war. Why didn't this happen?

2463 upvotes • CelticJoe

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I am a resident of central London during the Blitz. Am I most likely to own my own home or rent? What happens to me when my home is destroyed by a bomb? Where do I go? Who helps me find a new place to live?

2463 upvotes • karnerblu

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I'm Dr. Benjamin Park, author of "Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier." AMA about Nauvoo, Joseph Smith, early Mormon history, or Mormonism in general!

2463 upvotes • BenjaminEPark

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Why was the anti-smoking movement of the 1990s so successful?

2463 upvotes • Red_Sox_5

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In Hollywood films from the 40s and 50s (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), TV shows (I Love Lucy) and modern pastiche of the time period (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), we see nightclub scenes with elaborate stage shows, intricate choreography, sets, and costuming. Was this at all common?

2462 upvotes • bettareckognize

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What happened to the aristrocratic families of Rome?

2461 upvotes • lumtheyak

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In movies and TV shows based in the 50s and 60s, like Dirty Dancing and the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, rich families would go spend their whole summers at fancy summer camps. How realistic was this of the times? How were American families able to take 2 months off of work to vacation?	2467	Zippidydodah
When was the first time "ethnic" food came into existence like when would a person have decided to go get Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Greek, etc. like did the ancient Romans decide that they would have Egyptian?	2466	CK2Benchmarks
Has was there a shortage on 100-year-old aged wine/cheese/champagne/etc following the 100th anniversary of the First World War? Will there be another shortage come 2039-45?	2464	TheNaturalLife
There are numerous accounts of young men simply showing up in port and "going away to sea". Who hired these untrained youngsters, how were they trained, and was someone with no sailing experience more of a liability or an asset to their captains?	2464	boreas907
In Band of Brothers, the allies were preparing for a protracted and bloody counter-guerilla campaign against SS towards the end of the war. Why didn't this happen?	2463	CelticJoe
I am a resident of central London during the Blitz. Am I most likely to own my own home or rent? What happens to me when my home is destroyed by a bomb? Where do I go? Who helps me find a new place to live?	2463	karnerblu
I'm Dr. Benjamin Park, author of "Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier." AMA about Nauvoo, Joseph Smith, early Mormon history, or Mormonism in general!	2463	BenjaminEPark
Why was the anti-smoking movement of the 1990s so successful?	2463	Red_Sox_5
In Hollywood films from the 40s and 50s (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), TV shows (I Love Lucy) and modern pastiche of the time period (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), we see nightclub scenes with elaborate stage shows, intricate choreography, sets, and costuming. Was this at all common?	2462	bettareckognize
What happened to the aristrocratic families of Rome?	2461	lumtheyak