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Older movies sometimes featured child street-sellers shouting 'Extra' for breaking news editions of Newspapers. How prevalent were Extra editions, especially over updated rolling editions of morning/evening Papers and how/ when did they disapear in major cities or countries?	16
What were the economic consequences - or aftermath - of the 1918 Pandemic. Are there lessons that resonate today?	8
Noting modern indices around happiness, democracy tend to favour smaller nations, does history help understand if there is an optimal size for a country or 'political unit'?	5
Was the Confederacy historically inherently anti-semitic, and how does 'map' with those channel that history? Sidebar question is why such followers are now sometimes pro-Israel, others vehemently anti-jewish?	4
Before the discovery of dinosaurs, were there other touchpoints obsessed by generations of younger children (across regions)?	4
[UK, maybe US]: It's generally seen that old (ancestral) money is less showy - Barbour, hunting, fishing, whilst new money is 'gauche' and showy. But UK Country Houses can be overwhelmingly showy statements of wealth. What's the story behind the change of perceptions (and maybe attitudes)?	3
The US and Canada mainly started as one set of peoples, but arguably their cultures and values have diverged hugely. What were the key social or political adjustments that helped create those changes trajectories?	2
In 1945 the UK passed a law stopping 'gig economy' work for Dockers, echoed in todays UK Supreme Court ruling. What were the oldest laws and regulations around gig economy employment?	2
Contemporary Experiences: What does one need to capture/record for contemporary experiences be counted as academically relevant over hearsay and opinion?	2
How much of a sense of 'Slavic Brotherhood' existed pre-USSR/ Russian colonization.	1

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