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A friend of mine said that the US has had the bloodiest and most violent labor history of any industrial nation in the world. It looks like she’s getting this from a 1969 OJP report. Was this uncontroversially true in 1969? If so, is it still true today?	9
May 6, 1937. I'm an American with an average knowledge of current events. Do I know that the Hindenburg has just crashed? How did/will I find out? Was I familiar with the Hindenburg already? Will everyone at work be chatting about it tomorrow (if so, will they still be chatting next week/month)?	6
When Tarkovsky was told by the Soviet film committee Goskino that his 1979 film “Stalker” was too slow and dull for mainstream audiences, he reportedly quipped that the film needed to be slower and duller. Was sassing a Soviet agency like this a risky move for him (either career-wise or life-wise)?	3
A recent answer here mentioned that the majority of Americans during the Korean War believed it to be the beginning of World War III. Was there also a common belief that the war would result in nuclear armageddon, or had the now-mainstream view of WWIII as a world-ending event not developed yet?	1
A recent answer on this subreddit mentioned that the majority of Americans during the Korean War believed the war was actually the beginning of World War III. Did they believe that they were seeing the last few years of human civilization during this time? If so, how did they cope with that?	1
A recent answer here mentioned that the majority of Americans during the Korean War believed the war was the beginning of World War III. Was there also a common belief that the war would result in nuclear armageddon, or had the view of WWIII as a world-ending event not yet developed yet?	1
Was there a large number of American refugees who migrated abroad during the American Civil War? If so, where did they go and what were their communities like?	1

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