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Is it true that the Inquisition was active in all Catholic countries in Early Modern Europe? If so, why do we only ever hear about its Spanish branch?
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Well known is the pan-European influence of Shakespeare from the 18th c. onward. Was Chaucer known or respected outside Britain before the 19th c.? (Attempt #3)
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Did the UK have organized crime groups in the early 20th century similar to those that existed in the US and were mostly associated with so-called "white ethnics"?
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In 1947, Arthur Godfrey had a big hit with his novelty song "Too Fat Polka." He was seemingly of an arch-WASP background. Was it seen as unusual for Godfrey, a man with no ties to the Central European immigrant communities who brought polka to the US in the first place, to work within the genre?
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In Mexico, prior to the formation of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) in 1989, did the PRI contain a progressive leftist faction?
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The fate of the surname Hitler has been discussed here several times. What about the fate of the surname Mussolini in Italy?
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Despite the constitutional minimum age of 35, there has been no US president under 42. What factors have led to that? Do we know if this age situation is different from the one expected by the Founding Fathers?
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So far, IIRC, there has been a US president born in every decade from the 1730s to the 1940s, except the 1810s and 1930s. Were these two decades characterized by low birthrates in the US?
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Given the long history of anti-blackness in the US, why do black African and Afro-Caribbean people never seem to have been specifically and prominently targeted by laws restricting immigration the way that East Asians (particularly Chinese and Japanese people) were?
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