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Was there a widespread perception in the first half of the twentieth century that boxing matches were rigged?

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Why are hippies, beatniks and other free-thinking artsy types called Bohemians?

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Did red and green have negative/affirmative connotations before traffic lights?

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When did the "Lost Cause" narrative of the American Civil War become controversial/discredited?

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When did the "four humors" theory of medicine stop being accepted?

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Does the Russian alphabet have A's and B's and backwards N's and R's because it's related to the Latin alphabet, or is that just coincidence?

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Why didn't the Catholic Church attempt to aid Catholic King of England James II when he was being dethroned?

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Being from the South, I've heard people often say that, whatever the Southern elites' reasons for secession, the average ordinary Confederate soldier was not fighting for the right to own slaves. Is this true?

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How come Slovenia didn't see all the violence that the rest of Yugoslavia descended into when they declared independence?

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Why were there statues of Roger Taney (the justice who wrote the infamous Dred Scott decision) to begin with?

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Was there a widespread perception in the first half of the twentieth century that boxing matches were rigged?	9	AskHistorians
Why are hippies, beatniks and other free-thinking artsy types called Bohemians?	9	AskHistorians
Did red and green have negative/affirmative connotations before traffic lights?	9	AskHistorians
When did the "Lost Cause" narrative of the American Civil War become controversial/discredited?	8	AskHistorians
When did the "four humors" theory of medicine stop being accepted?	8	AskHistorians
Does the Russian alphabet have A's and B's and backwards N's and R's because it's related to the Latin alphabet, or is that just coincidence?	8	AskHistorians
Why didn't the Catholic Church attempt to aid Catholic King of England James II when he was being dethroned?	8	AskHistorians
Being from the South, I've heard people often say that, whatever the Southern elites' reasons for secession, the average ordinary Confederate soldier was not fighting for the right to own slaves. Is this true?	7	AskHistorians
How come Slovenia didn't see all the violence that the rest of Yugoslavia descended into when they declared independence?	7	AskHistorians
Why were there statues of Roger Taney (the justice who wrote the infamous Dred Scott decision) to begin with?	7	AskHistorians