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In Simpsons episode “Homer’s Phobia” Principal Skinner is seen in an antique collectors shop trying to buy election campaign buttons that supported neither side but instead focused on supporting a fair and free election. In the early days of US democracy, were any such items officially produced?

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Have any documents been found written by isolated tribes that describe their first encounter with western technology such as cars, boats or aeroplanes? If so, how did they describe what they saw?

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Before the existence of casinos, was the number 7 already deemed “lucky” in western cultures?

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In Simpsons episode “Homer’s Phobia” Principal Skinner is seen in an antique collectors shop trying to buy election campaign buttons that supported neither side but instead focused on supporting a fair and free election. In the early days of US democracy, were any such items officially produced?	821
Have any documents been found written by isolated tribes that describe their first encounter with western technology such as cars, boats or aeroplanes? If so, how did they describe what they saw?	11
Before the existence of casinos, was the number 7 already deemed “lucky” in western cultures?	1