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With desegregation in the US, I believe there was a decrease in demand for small businesses - where previously two existed to serve two populations, now one could serve both populations. Overall, did the white community or the non-white community expand more/contract less than the other?	2
'TIL Parasite (parasitus) was an accepted role in Roman society, in which a person could live off the hospitality of others, in return for "flattery, simple services, and a willingness to endure humiliation".' Is any part of this correct?	2
How did crime and imprisonment rates compare between the USSR and the USA during the Cold War? I'm especially interested in the period after de-Stalinization.	2
How has the treatment of abortion in India evolved from ancient times through the present?	2
I'm looking for a comparison in about 1200 CE in how minor wounds would be treated in the Muslim world versus Europe. Would the infection and/or survival risk be substantially different?	2
In 1986, Rudy Giuliani imprisoned the heads of all five New York mafia Families - and, surprisingly to me, lived to the tell the tale. In the decades after the passage of RICO, how did American law enforcement protect their own from organized crime?	2
When did depression (ostensibly major depressive disorder) become a household topic in the United States? I get the impression it was badly stigmatized not too long ago while it's a normal part of life now.	1
We hear a lot about medieval European peasants and a fair amount about Indian nobility, but what was life like for those on the bottom of the social totem pole in medieval India?	1
Early in the 20th century, fascism quickly became popular with many people in a number of countries. It seems to have died down just as fast, pretty much disappearing along with Nazi Germany. What is the post-WW2 history of fascism?	1
TIL that "war pigs" were used by the Romans, being ignited and sent to scare elephants. Did I learn correctly?	0

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