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The US spearheaded the labor movement/leisure legislation - writing the weekend into law in 1938 and capping the work week at forty hours. Europe soon followed suit. But the US backslid while other countries went even further. What lead to the withering of the US labor movement and worker free time?

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Have Native Americans ever tried to return to a "less technologically reliant," form of existence, and live more like their ancestors by eschewing modern buildings/technologies?

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How much control and taxing authority did ancient Carthage have over its dozens of Mediterranean colonies?

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What is the history of space exploration agencies releasing their scientific discoveries to the public? Were the Russians releasing their discoveries while Americans were freaking out about Sputnik?

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How did the world's military leaders react to the US adopting a professional, "All-Volunteer Force" in 1973?

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How did people react to peanut butter after its invention around 1884?

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Ronald Reagan is held up as a conservative icon - how far to the right were his policies in relation to the modern US political spectrum?

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Did ancient Athen's random-selection system for filling government posts frequently result in unqualified or incompetent officials conducting important government business?

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How have different civilizations/modern countries handled the distribution of newly created currencies? Do some people just get free money to start it circulating? Does the government use it to pay debts and just hopes regular people will accept it?

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Did those surviving the bubonic plague gain immunity from further outbreaks?

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The US spearheaded the labor movement/leisure legislation - writing the weekend into law in 1938 and capping the work week at forty hours. Europe soon followed suit. But the US backslid while other countries went even further. What lead to the withering of the US labor movement and worker free time?	3
Have Native Americans ever tried to return to a "less technologically reliant," form of existence, and live more like their ancestors by eschewing modern buildings/technologies?	3
How much control and taxing authority did ancient Carthage have over its dozens of Mediterranean colonies?	3
What is the history of space exploration agencies releasing their scientific discoveries to the public? Were the Russians releasing their discoveries while Americans were freaking out about Sputnik?	3
How did the world's military leaders react to the US adopting a professional, "All-Volunteer Force" in 1973?	3
How did people react to peanut butter after its invention around 1884?	3
Ronald Reagan is held up as a conservative icon - how far to the right were his policies in relation to the modern US political spectrum?	3
Did ancient Athen's random-selection system for filling government posts frequently result in unqualified or incompetent officials conducting important government business?	3
How have different civilizations/modern countries handled the distribution of newly created currencies? Do some people just get free money to start it circulating? Does the government use it to pay debts and just hopes regular people will accept it?	3
Did those surviving the bubonic plague gain immunity from further outbreaks?	3