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What prompted the LAPD to develop and promote SWAT units in the late 1960s, and what led to the rise of such units throughout police departments worldwide soon after?

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How did Western Union come to dominate the telegram market? During the telegram/telegraph era were there significant competitors?

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Did operatives working for the Kennedy campaign collude with election officials in Illinois and Texas in 1960 to fix those elections in favor of JFK?

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Was it common before the television era for people to complain (either in casual conversation or in the media/papers) about the high fees paid by sports clubs for individual athletes?

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What was the first war (or battle) in which indirect fire artillery played an effective role?

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From where did the stereotype of the Gypsy fortune-teller arise? Was this a historical practice that Gypsies often did, or is it pure fabrication?

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Since their advent in the 20th century, have there been significant functional improvements in sneakers, or are they largely the same today (or, rather, 20 years ago today), with changes mostly being cosmetic/marketing related?

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The practice of using surnames as first names appears to be more or less unique to the Anglophone world. When and why did this practice start?

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Have doctor and lawyer always been highly paid professions? At what point did these stereotypically desirable jobs become stereotypically desirable?

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Why are so many Japanese surnames either descriptors of natural objects or of topography?

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What prompted the LAPD to develop and promote SWAT units in the late 1960s, and what led to the rise of such units throughout police departments worldwide soon after?	1
How did Western Union come to dominate the telegram market? During the telegram/telegraph era were there significant competitors?	1
Did operatives working for the Kennedy campaign collude with election officials in Illinois and Texas in 1960 to fix those elections in favor of JFK?	1
Was it common before the television era for people to complain (either in casual conversation or in the media/papers) about the high fees paid by sports clubs for individual athletes?	1
What was the first war (or battle) in which indirect fire artillery played an effective role?	1
From where did the stereotype of the Gypsy fortune-teller arise? Was this a historical practice that Gypsies often did, or is it pure fabrication?	1
Since their advent in the 20th century, have there been significant functional improvements in sneakers, or are they largely the same today (or, rather, 20 years ago today), with changes mostly being cosmetic/marketing related?	1
The practice of using surnames as first names appears to be more or less unique to the Anglophone world. When and why did this practice start?	1
Have doctor and lawyer always been highly paid professions? At what point did these stereotypically desirable jobs become stereotypically desirable?	1
Why are so many Japanese surnames either descriptors of natural objects or of topography?	1