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Has the idea of differences in fashionablenesss based on age always existed? For example, would a 25-year-old French count in the 1770s have dressed differently from a 50-year-old count at the same time and place?	26
In older novels, "cordials" are often used to revive someone who has fainted. What exactly are these cordials?	26
The fact that there is a long tradition of white Americans claiming real or imagined Native American ancestry suggests that there was no "one-drop" rule for Native American ancestry, unlike in the case of African ancestry. Why did this difference exist?	26
In Mexico, How did thick Revolution-era mustaches (as seen on Zapata and Villa) become associated with Mexican Independence Day celebrations, despite Mexican independence having occurred a century before the Revolution, and at a time when mustaches were not fashionable?	26
How long after Commodore Perry's forceful opening of Japan did well-to-do Japanese people adopt Western clothes as everyday dress? How long after that did it filter down to the lower classes?	25
Given the US's long and deep-rooted record of anti-black racism, why were black African and Afro-Caribbean people from about 1865 to 1965 apparently never specifically targeted by laws restricting immigration the way that East Asians (particularly Chinese and Japanese people) were? (more inside)	25
How was news of the ongoing development of the French Revolution received in Quebec? Did any sort of Quebecois Jacobin movement arise?	25
It seems to me that 1980's Hollywood reflects a strong nostalgia for the 1930s (especially 30's gangsters; see examples inside)? Was 30's nostalgia a real trend at the time, or am I falling prey to confirmation bias? If it was, what prompted it? The half century mark, or something else?	25
Why was Washington admitted to the Union so much later than neighboring Oregon (1889 vs 1859)?	25
Did the Gauls have tattoos?	25

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