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How did the implementation of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts work on the ground in the states that still had de jure segregation at that point?

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What would the religious life of a pious Roman citizen during the reign of Augustus be like?

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How did the move of Southern politicians from the Democratic party to the Republican actually work? Was it mostly Democrats retiring and losing or party switching? To what extent did non-Southern Republicans court Southern Democrats?

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What is the earliest reference to Americans speaking with a distinct accent? What is the earliest reference to distinct regional accents within America?

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In the 14th century in Europe how did books by authors like Dante and Chaucer get disseminated? Public readings? Monks copy a book and it gets passed around?

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Why did the U.S. conduct nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands? If the rationale was that the Marshall Islands are remote, why not do it in the open Pacific?

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Do we know much about Bob Marley's conversion to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church?

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What was tobacco use like in pre-Columbian America?

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There's an FAQ about why black pepper is the default spice on the Western table. But I just heard a podcast attributing this to Louis XIV, and it seems to be a widespread claim. Did Louis XIV standardize salt and pepper? If not what's the history of the claim?

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Who might have modeled Michelangelo's David?

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How did the implementation of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts work on the ground in the states that still had de jure segregation at that point?	2
What would the religious life of a pious Roman citizen during the reign of Augustus be like?	2
How did the move of Southern politicians from the Democratic party to the Republican actually work? Was it mostly Democrats retiring and losing or party switching? To what extent did non-Southern Republicans court Southern Democrats?	2
What is the earliest reference to Americans speaking with a distinct accent? What is the earliest reference to distinct regional accents within America?	2
In the 14th century in Europe how did books by authors like Dante and Chaucer get disseminated? Public readings? Monks copy a book and it gets passed around?	2
Why did the U.S. conduct nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands? If the rationale was that the Marshall Islands are remote, why not do it in the open Pacific?	2
Do we know much about Bob Marley's conversion to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church?	1
What was tobacco use like in pre-Columbian America?	1
There's an FAQ about why black pepper is the default spice on the Western table. But I just heard a podcast attributing this to Louis XIV, and it seems to be a widespread claim. Did Louis XIV standardize salt and pepper? If not what's the history of the claim?	1
Who might have modeled Michelangelo's David?	1