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The Music Man is of course fictional, but was there a real moral panic about pool in the US in the early 20th century?	17
I'm a young, well-to-do Englishman of fashion in the 1810s. During which years of the decade am I most likely to wear knee breeches as opposed to long pants, and vice-versa? (Attempt 3)	16
I've seen the claim that George Washington was a bad speller. Is this true, or is it a case of modern misunderstanding of the slightly more casual nature of 18th-c. spelling?	16
When was Chaucer translated into other European languages?	16
Did Peter the Great ever consider making Russia Catholic or Protestant?	16
Weeks before he was murdered, Archbishop Romero wrote President Carter a letter asking him to cease monetary support for El Salvador's military junta with its myriad human rights violations. Neither before nor after Romero's death did Carter heed the letter. Did he ever regret this?	16
The US lowered the federal voting age to 18 in 1971 (around the same time as many Western countries), with most states eventually responding by lowering the age of majority to 18. Why wasn't there a similar trend with the legal drinking age, as occurred in most other Western countries?	16
Was the War of the Roses any less of a civil war than the English Civil War? Why is it not considered the First English Civil War?	16
Why did Vaudeville die out despite having provided plenty of successful Hollywood comedians who, I would assume, retained many Vaudevillian elements on the big screen?	16
How did 18th-century-style wigs remain part of the uniform of British judges so long after they disappeared from everyday use?	16

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