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How did gender-bending and LGBTQ-oriented music become so popular in the 80s, when same-sex marriage and other key indicators of LGBTQ acceptance were still decades off?	3
When Spiro Agnew became VP, was he considered a landmark first as the first VP of Southern European heritage?	3
A family member of mine says that modern Mexican corruption is traceable to colonial-era payment for political appointments, claiming it was an accepted and normal practice for the Spanish in both hemispheres. Is there evidence that either or both interlinked claims are true?	3
With the explosion of the gig economy, there is a problem with outdated labor laws that envision few situations outside traditional employment. Did a similar situation come about with the rise of wage labor during the Industrial Revolution?	3
I recall my 8th grade history teacher claiming that there were a small number of Africans who voluntarily migrated to British North America as free people during the 17th c. Is this true?	3
Is there any truth to the romantic idea that 50's rock 'n' roll helped pave the way to desegregation, as white youth embraced for the first time an African-American-made genre, and concert-goers supposedly toppled literal race barriers? (2nd attempt)	3
To what extent is the Black Death present in fourteenth or fifteenth century English literature?	3
Why was Mondale nominated in 1984, rather than someone unconnected with the Dems' humiliating 1980 defeat?	3
In Gremlins (1984), Mr. Wing, the shopkeeper whose shop is where we meet Gizmo the mogwai, is dressed in a way that seems incredibly antiquated for a Chinese immigrant in the late 20th century. When, if ever, was his dress current in China?	3
Why doesn't Mexico have the office of Vice President?	3

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