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In 1952, Republicans and Democrats were close enough that Eisenhower could feasibly run for either party. What differentiated the parties and how did people choose which to vote for?
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The 1992 song "Baby Got Back" implies that White people in America disdained large female posteriors. Was this, in fact, the cultural norm at the time? And if so, to what degree, if any, did the song itself lead to a change in zeitgeist vis a vis derrieres?
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A Hadith quotes the Prophet Muhammad as saying “If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place.” Was restricting travel during the outbreak of a disease common practice during this time or earlier?
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I have found unmarked graves on my property in rural GA that may be slave graves. Can you help me from the details provided to determine if J H Mapp owned slaves?
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Remember the Alamo... but why isn’t slavery mentioned as the main reason for the Texas Revolution? Actually slavery is often not even mentioned at all when talking about the war with Mexico 🤔
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Vladimir Putin has just claimed that modern Ukraine was entirely created by communist Russia (specifically Lenin) and that Ukraine never had the tradition of having its own state. Is any of this accurate or true?
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I see the "no shirt, no shoes, no service" signs everywhere but I don't actually see anyone in public without shirts or shoes. Are these signs a relic? Were people more shirtless in the past?
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Rebecca, pet raccoon of Calvin Coolidge, was originally brought to the White House with the intention of being eaten at a Thanksgiving dinner. Was eating raccoons common among high society in 1920s America, and if so, when and why did it go out of fashion?
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In 1913, Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived within blocks of each other in Vienna. Was this a coincidence? Or was there something about Vienna that attracted these young men?
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