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The aftermath of Kanye West’s antisemitic rhetoric has again sparked debate that Black Americans are the original Israelites/Hebrews. Why is this myth still so prevalent within the Black community?
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Why are prominent historians speaking out against colorization of old photos and videos and calling for it to stop ?
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While it now seems fairly tame and innocent in our post-South-Park world, The Simpsons—I recall as a child of the 90s—was genuinely scandalous and shocking to middle-aged and older adults in the 1990s. Why was that? I grasp the generational divide in taste, but not the moral outrage it provoked.
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When did mirrors become commonplace? Were people cool with the idea of not really knowing what they look like day-to-day, or at all?
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In Saving Private Ryan, Wade, the medic, while bleeding out for wounds asks for "More morphine" after he was already given a morphine dose, and everybody became serious when he asked this. Was this second morphine dose considered fatal? Did WWII medics use morphine as euthanasia? NSFW
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How did a provocative dance like belly dancing come out of conservative Islamic countries? If it was pre-Islamic, how did it survive centuries of conservative laws for women?
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In the 1970s-80s gay culture was for the most part, macho. Hairy chests, beards, mustaches, biker leather, etc. Looking at pictures from back then you see maybe 1 twink/fem out of 100 guys. What happened? When did this switch occur? Was it aids related?
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Someone who was a slave as a child could have been in their 90's when MLK Jr. was active. Did any former slaves get to see or meet him?
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