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At the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Bob Dylan performed an electrified set and was booed. He didn't return to the festival for 35 years. Why?

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There are many streets, parks, and whole towns throughout California named "Verdugo." Were these originally sites of gallows/executions, or are the names merely incidental?

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When and where was the earliest time in history I could walk out into the street and hail a cab (or rickshaw, etc.)? What would that have looked like?

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What factors led to the collapse of the old "star" system of the Hollywood studios in the 1960's and '70's?

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Oscar Wilde and his fellow prisoners seem to have suffered extremely ill treatment at Reading Gaol. Were the conditions he experienced typical of late-Victorian English prisons, or was Reading Gaol a particularly bad place?

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How old are "groupies" as a cultural phenomenon? When is the first time we know of celebrities drawing crowds of screaming, swooning girls?

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What was the first popular song to be composed solely of sampled and/or synthesized sounds (except the vocals)?

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Many Muslim men sport beards with no mustaches. How long has this been a trend, and is it religious, cultural, or fashionable in origin?

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When and why did Taiwan's primary language shift from Taiwanese to Mandarin, the language of its main enemy?

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Toward the end of World War II, the Japanese armed forces' tactics appear to have been characterized by an uncommon tendency toward suicide attacks. What led to this doctrine proliferating among the IJA command?

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At the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Bob Dylan performed an electrified set and was booed. He didn't return to the festival for 35 years. Why?	5
There are many streets, parks, and whole towns throughout California named "Verdugo." Were these originally sites of gallows/executions, or are the names merely incidental?	5
When and where was the earliest time in history I could walk out into the street and hail a cab (or rickshaw, etc.)? What would that have looked like?	5
What factors led to the collapse of the old "star" system of the Hollywood studios in the 1960's and '70's?	5
Oscar Wilde and his fellow prisoners seem to have suffered extremely ill treatment at Reading Gaol. Were the conditions he experienced typical of late-Victorian English prisons, or was Reading Gaol a particularly bad place?	5
How old are "groupies" as a cultural phenomenon? When is the first time we know of celebrities drawing crowds of screaming, swooning girls?	5
What was the first popular song to be composed solely of sampled and/or synthesized sounds (except the vocals)?	5
Many Muslim men sport beards with no mustaches. How long has this been a trend, and is it religious, cultural, or fashionable in origin?	5
When and why did Taiwan's primary language shift from Taiwanese to Mandarin, the language of its main enemy?	5
Toward the end of World War II, the Japanese armed forces' tactics appear to have been characterized by an uncommon tendency toward suicide attacks. What led to this doctrine proliferating among the IJA command?	5