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In 1926, César Vallejo wrote: "it will be worthless for man to go to the moon if profits aren't shared between workers and owners." Was going to the moon already in the air as something not utterly fantastical due rapid advances in flight?

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Is the idea that the Irish or Italian were once not considered white in the US grossly exaggerated?

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In the early 1900s, when a third of Argentineans and half of Buenos Aires was foreign-born, were there any programs similar to US "Americanization" campaigns? Did Argentinean identity develop easily despite personal disconnection from its founding myths and customs?

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What kind of woman chose became a nun in early-mid 20th century Ireland? What would have been her motivations?

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Under Frederick the Great, Jews were required to by significant amounts of porcelain upon marriages, births, and house purchases. What did they feel about these mountains of fine goods? How did impoverished Jews afford it, did they immediately sell it off?

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Why was Samuel Gompers, and much of the US labor movement more generally, opposed to state-run or -mandated health insurance in the first two decades of the twentieth century?

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Kate Bush originally wanted to title Running Up that Hill "A Deal with God", but was told that it wouldn't be played in religious countries like Ireland, Italy, and... France (?) Did France with its famous secularism/ /laicite really have such religious taboos in the 1980s?

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Why were the Spanish refugees that eventually made it to Chile on the Winnipeg placed in internment camps in France? What were conditions like there?

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In 1639 John Milton sent a large quantity of books back to England from Italy. How? Were there postal services, and international cooperation between them?

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When did "liberal" in the United States come to mean in very broad terms more or less the opposite as in most European countries?

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In 1926, César Vallejo wrote: "it will be worthless for man to go to the moon if profits aren't shared between workers and owners." Was going to the moon already in the air as something not utterly fantastical due rapid advances in flight?	1728	AskHistorians
Is the idea that the Irish or Italian were once not considered white in the US grossly exaggerated?	1472	AskHistorians
In the early 1900s, when a third of Argentineans and half of Buenos Aires was foreign-born, were there any programs similar to US "Americanization" campaigns? Did Argentinean identity develop easily despite personal disconnection from its founding myths and customs?	296	AskHistorians
What kind of woman chose became a nun in early-mid 20th century Ireland? What would have been her motivations?	84	AskHistorians
Under Frederick the Great, Jews were required to by significant amounts of porcelain upon marriages, births, and house purchases. What did they feel about these mountains of fine goods? How did impoverished Jews afford it, did they immediately sell it off?	59	AskHistorians
Why was Samuel Gompers, and much of the US labor movement more generally, opposed to state-run or -mandated health insurance in the first two decades of the twentieth century?	14	AskHistorians
Kate Bush originally wanted to title Running Up that Hill "A Deal with God", but was told that it wouldn't be played in religious countries like Ireland, Italy, and... France (?) Did France with its famous secularism/ /laicite really have such religious taboos in the 1980s?	12	AskHistorians
Why were the Spanish refugees that eventually made it to Chile on the Winnipeg placed in internment camps in France? What were conditions like there?	11	AskHistorians
In 1639 John Milton sent a large quantity of books back to England from Italy. How? Were there postal services, and international cooperation between them?	8	AskHistorians
When did "liberal" in the United States come to mean in very broad terms more or less the opposite as in most European countries?	7	AskHistorians