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When did pink and blue become gendered?	1
Did Senator McCarthy actually believe the accusations he was making or was he using communist accusations as scare tactics to garner support and votes knowing he was manipulating people with fear?	1
I am having a hard time wording this question... but what changed during the medieval period that had a focus on siege warfare and siege defense (more inside)	1
Where there any protests when the Nazis started enacting rules against minority groups as Hitler gained more power? If so, what did these protests look like?	1
How accurate is the image of the king/general leading the charge into battle during medieval warfare? If this did happen, how did the king survive? Was it just pure dumb luck or was there strategy to keeping the king alive in a charge?	1
So this video of Lars Anderson and explanation about all these misconceptions about archery has been circulating around. A lot of the video just says "He read the manuscripts and found _____ wasn't true." I am dubious of a lot of the claims. Can a historian separate what is and is not accurate?	1
Where did all the guns, ammo, and war supplies come from in the South at the start of the Civil War?	1
When was the last time the King or Queen of England's Champion actually fought a challenge?	1
What about Roman culture/government allowed for assassination to occur so often and as an effective means of transferring power?	1
In Lord of the Rings the men often hold hands, kiss each other's brow, express love, cradle another's head on their lap while they sleep... were these behaviors typical of Western men from Tolkien's time? Were men acting this way seen as atypical at the time of publication? What changed?	1

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