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In what ways has the portrayal of court room trials in film changed the way actual trials are conducted? In other words, can the history of court room trials in the United States be divided between 'before film' and 'after film'?

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What was going on with the Chinese in Cuba?

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[serious] Has rape always been historically linked with war? If so, when did nations begin to recognize rape during war as a human rights violation?

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Why is Mobile, Alabama home to so many mystic societies? Is it unique for having so many?

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How close were other European nations to finding the New World/the Americas around Christopher Columbus's voyages?

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What is the earliest documentation of Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun? Much of the research I've found discusses how Ra became the main deity of Egypt by the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, but nothing gives an period for his earliest mention.

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Guy Endore's "The Werewolf of Paris" was published in 1933 and set in Paris from 1850 to 1871. The story mentions a superstition that is a bad omen for a baby to be born on Christmas Eve. Is there any historical record of there being such a superstition?

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How did the European colonization of Australia compare to the European colonization of the Americas?

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What information is there as to why Benjamin Franklin wrote about a Witch Trail in the Pennsylvania Gazette? Was it just a hoax/satire?

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Hate Speech in America that is not seen as hateful anymore?

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In what ways has the portrayal of court room trials in film changed the way actual trials are conducted? In other words, can the history of court room trials in the United States be divided between 'before film' and 'after film'?	85
What was going on with the Chinese in Cuba?	56
[serious] Has rape always been historically linked with war? If so, when did nations begin to recognize rape during war as a human rights violation? NSFW	40
Why is Mobile, Alabama home to so many mystic societies? Is it unique for having so many?	32
How close were other European nations to finding the New World/the Americas around Christopher Columbus's voyages?	5
What is the earliest documentation of Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun? Much of the research I've found discusses how Ra became the main deity of Egypt by the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, but nothing gives an period for his earliest mention.	4
Guy Endore's "The Werewolf of Paris" was published in 1933 and set in Paris from 1850 to 1871. The story mentions a superstition that is a bad omen for a baby to be born on Christmas Eve. Is there any historical record of there being such a superstition?	2
How did the European colonization of Australia compare to the European colonization of the Americas?	2
What information is there as to why Benjamin Franklin wrote about a Witch Trail in the Pennsylvania Gazette? Was it just a hoax/satire?	2
Hate Speech in America that is not seen as hateful anymore?	2