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The Golem (1920), an extremely popular German horror film, features Jewish protagonists and is based on Jewish folklore. Was they any anti-Semitic backlash against the film?

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On a movie podcast I listen to, the hosts sometimes nerd out about the billboards, product designs, street fashion, etc. incidentally captured in old movies. Do real historians ever use commercial movies in this way for research?

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Is there any chance whatsoever that any of the pieces of the true cross making the rounds through Europe in the Middle Ages and after were genuine?

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When and why did street gangs in the United States stop consisting primarily of people of European descent?

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(After posting this in /r/Wikipedia, I wad told that people here might be able to shed some insight) How likely is it that the Soviet Space Program developed a handheld laser gun in the mid-80s?

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How did The Bloods and The Crips come to be the gangs associated with inner-city violence?

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What kind of wine would Jesus and other figures from the New Testament have drunk?

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I've read that ancient Egyptians used "nummulites," small, spiral-shaped fossils, as part of their currency. But I've also read that nummulites were abundant in Egyptian limestone, and built into the Pyramids. Can anyone shed light on this seeming contradiction?

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The book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" suggests that Hindus who moved to industrial England suffered malnutrition because of stricter food standards that removed insect parts from food. Is this true?

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When and why did tragedy stop being a popular genre of entertainment in Europe and the US?

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The Golem (1920), an extremely popular German horror film, features Jewish protagonists and is based on Jewish folklore. Was they any anti-Semitic backlash against the film?	21
On a movie podcast I listen to, the hosts sometimes nerd out about the billboards, product designs, street fashion, etc. incidentally captured in old movies. Do real historians ever use commercial movies in this way for research?	13
Is there any chance whatsoever that any of the pieces of the true cross making the rounds through Europe in the Middle Ages and after were genuine?	10
When and why did street gangs in the United States stop consisting primarily of people of European descent?	9
(After posting this in /r/Wikipedia, I wad told that people here might be able to shed some insight) How likely is it that the Soviet Space Program developed a handheld laser gun in the mid-80s?	7
How did The Bloods and The Crips come to be the gangs associated with inner-city violence?	7
What kind of wine would Jesus and other figures from the New Testament have drunk?	6
I've read that ancient Egyptians used "nummulites," small, spiral-shaped fossils, as part of their currency. But I've also read that nummulites were abundant in Egyptian limestone, and built into the Pyramids. Can anyone shed light on this seeming contradiction?	6
The book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" suggests that Hindus who moved to industrial England suffered malnutrition because of stricter food standards that removed insect parts from food. Is this true?	6
When and why did tragedy stop being a popular genre of entertainment in Europe and the US?	5