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Between Jesus's lifetime and the actions leading up to the establishment of modern Israel, did anyone speak Hebrew as a native, everyday (read: non-liturgical) language?	9
Was the use of dental braces for purely cosmetic ends ever stigmatized the way that rhinoplasties, hair transplants, and other aesthetic procedures have been in more recent history? E.g., could rumors that Hollywood stars only had perfect teeth due to braces have been in old-time gossip columns?	9
Thomas Paine and Alexander Hamilton were prominent American Independence figures born outside what would become the US. Would their citizenship have been considered different from someone born in the 13 colonies? Were they eligible to run for President?	9
Were Northwest Coast Natives treated better than Plains Natives due to evolving US gov't policy toward Native Americans over the course of the 19th c.?	9
How comparable is the Spanish treatment of the Guanches on the Canary Islands to the Spanish treatment of the native peoples of Mesoamerica during colonization?	9
Why was Francisco Franco permitted to rule so many decades longer than his right-wing authoritarian counterparts in other European countries?	9
Jane Austen's novels were definitely not the most popular in England during the Regency. When and why did she posthumously outstrip her contemporaries? Furthermore, why did her much more popular contemporaries (such as the Porter sisters) fall into comparative obscurity?	9
Given the Gothic revival movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, was there ever interest in pulling down the 17th-c. neo-classical St. Paul's Cathedral in London to recreate the old Gothic cathedral that burned down in 1666?	9
Did foreign Catholic devotees of Thomas Becket continue to make pilgrimages to Canterbury Cathedral after Britain broke with Rome? If so, were Anglican locals bothered by this?	9
There seem to be a lot of rumors (some substantiated and some not) of homosexual activity by famous English Shakespearean actors of the 20th century. Was there an implicit connection between 20th-c. English theatre culture and gay culture, and if so, how did this come about?	9

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