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In the aftermath of slavery in the US, a genre of 'slave narratives' emerged, with formerly enslaved people telling their stories. Was there ever any issues with counterfeit or falsified slave narratives, written by people who were not enslaved, as a way to cash in?

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Have there ever been any attempts to repeal any amendments in the United States Bill of Rights?

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How did light beer some to dominate the American beer market?

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In the spirit of the new Webb images, was it just taken as a given that US government materials would be public domain? Was there ever any debate over this, or arguments for a more restrictive copyright?

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Whenever I see photos of pre-industrial coins, like Roman Denarii, they always seem unevenly struck, with a significant amount of metal on one side or the other. Did mints, governments, and businesses have to account for this excess in their budgets?

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Were there strip clubs in the medieval era? NSFW

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What happened to all of the leftover marble when a Renaissance statue was completed?

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Given that they had been extinct in the British Isles for hundreds of years, how did English colonists coming to the new world react to the existence of bears?

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How did the American South become associated with incest, jokingly or otherwise? NSFW

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How was Ted Kaczynski's manifesto received by the philosophy/political science academic community? Was it regarded as the ravings of a mass murderer (as it seems to have been popularly), or a serious work of scholarship accompanied by questionable actions?

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In the aftermath of slavery in the US, a genre of 'slave narratives' emerged, with formerly enslaved people telling their stories. Was there ever any issues with counterfeit or falsified slave narratives, written by people who were not enslaved, as a way to cash in?	61
Have there ever been any attempts to repeal any amendments in the United States Bill of Rights?	60
How did light beer some to dominate the American beer market?	58
In the spirit of the new Webb images, was it just taken as a given that US government materials would be public domain? Was there ever any debate over this, or arguments for a more restrictive copyright?	58
Whenever I see photos of pre-industrial coins, like Roman Denarii, they always seem unevenly struck, with a significant amount of metal on one side or the other. Did mints, governments, and businesses have to account for this excess in their budgets?	55
Were there strip clubs in the medieval era? NSFW	55
What happened to all of the leftover marble when a Renaissance statue was completed?	51
Given that they had been extinct in the British Isles for hundreds of years, how did English colonists coming to the new world react to the existence of bears?	51
How did the American South become associated with incest, jokingly or otherwise? NSFW	50
How was Ted Kaczynski's manifesto received by the philosophy/political science academic community? Was it regarded as the ravings of a mass murderer (as it seems to have been popularly), or a serious work of scholarship accompanied by questionable actions?	48