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I am an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War, and I want to visit Hanoi as a protest. How do I arrange for such a trip?

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I've just been arrested in the "wild west" for banditry. What will the legal proceedings look like? How likely am I to get a fair trial?

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How popular were white "mission trips" to black neighborhoods before segregation? More broadly, how popular was it for middle class whites to give charity to lower class blacks?

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How did unions in the US become associated with organized crime and corruption?

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When did Americans start getting credit scores, and was there significant initial push-back?

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Would an average Muslim in e.g. 1000AD know what a pig looked like? If so, how would they have known since they didn't raise pigs for food?

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I want to read some "easy" academic history. What conferences/journals should I look at to find introduction/survey/fun articles on various topics?

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Are there any estimates of the fraction of ancient writings that have survived to the present day?

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When did the paranoid start using tin foil hats to keep the government from controlling their mind? What did they use before tin foil hats?

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The 16th Ammendment permanently legalized income tax in the US in 1913. How did the average American feel about this?

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I am an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War, and I want to visit Hanoi as a protest. How do I arrange for such a trip?	10	AskHistorians
I've just been arrested in the "wild west" for banditry. What will the legal proceedings look like? How likely am I to get a fair trial?	10	AskHistorians
How popular were white "mission trips" to black neighborhoods before segregation? More broadly, how popular was it for middle class whites to give charity to lower class blacks?	10	AskHistorians
How did unions in the US become associated with organized crime and corruption?	9	AskHistorians
When did Americans start getting credit scores, and was there significant initial push-back?	9	AskHistorians
Would an average Muslim in e.g. 1000AD know what a pig looked like? If so, how would they have known since they didn't raise pigs for food?	9	AskHistorians
I want to read some "easy" academic history. What conferences/journals should I look at to find introduction/survey/fun articles on various topics?	9	AskHistorians
Are there any estimates of the fraction of ancient writings that have survived to the present day?	9	AskHistorians
When did the paranoid start using tin foil hats to keep the government from controlling their mind? What did they use before tin foil hats?	9	AskHistorians
The 16th Ammendment permanently legalized income tax in the US in 1913. How did the average American feel about this?	9	AskHistorians