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What were the geographical boundaries of the "Old West?" Would we see "cowboy culture" in Canada? Mexico? The Caribbean?

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What is the history of the hotel detective? How were they employed, and what became of them?

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In Green Book, the characters follow the eponymous "Guide for Negro Motorists" to hotels that will accept blacks in Jim Crow South. These hotels are consistently portrayed as ramshackle and filthy. Is this depiction of accommodations for black travelers accurate?

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How accurate is this statement: "Homosexuality in Polynesia and Southeast Asia has historically been much more accepted by local cultures than it has in other parts of the world."?

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A trope in various media is the motion of a small pendulum, such as a pocket-watch, hypnotizing someone. The hypnotic state is often then rendered visually through the use of spirals or concentric circles. Where did these tropes originate?

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Has holding hands always been seen as a romantic/intimate gesture between adults?

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Has there ever been large-scale ranching of a carnivorous species with an eye toward eventual human consumption of its meat or other food products (such as milk or eggs)?

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When and why did consumer products begin printing on themselves in which country they were manufactured?

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What led to the explosion in popularity of synthesizers, drum machines, and other electronic devices in the popular (and film) music of the 1980's?

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Would Soviet citizens born after the rise of communism have been familiar with the Bible? Would they have been allowed to read it, even as a form of literature or historical study?

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What were the geographical boundaries of the "Old West?" Would we see "cowboy culture" in Canada? Mexico? The Caribbean?	18	AskHistorians
What is the history of the hotel detective? How were they employed, and what became of them?	17	AskHistorians
In Green Book, the characters follow the eponymous "Guide for Negro Motorists" to hotels that will accept blacks in Jim Crow South. These hotels are consistently portrayed as ramshackle and filthy. Is this depiction of accommodations for black travelers accurate?	17	AskHistorians
How accurate is this statement: "Homosexuality in Polynesia and Southeast Asia has historically been much more accepted by local cultures than it has in other parts of the world."?	17	AskHistorians
A trope in various media is the motion of a small pendulum, such as a pocket-watch, hypnotizing someone. The hypnotic state is often then rendered visually through the use of spirals or concentric circles. Where did these tropes originate?	17	AskHistorians
Has holding hands always been seen as a romantic/intimate gesture between adults?	16	AskHistorians
Has there ever been large-scale ranching of a carnivorous species with an eye toward eventual human consumption of its meat or other food products (such as milk or eggs)?	16	AskHistorians
When and why did consumer products begin printing on themselves in which country they were manufactured?	15	AskHistorians
What led to the explosion in popularity of synthesizers, drum machines, and other electronic devices in the popular (and film) music of the 1980's?	15	AskHistorians
Would Soviet citizens born after the rise of communism have been familiar with the Bible? Would they have been allowed to read it, even as a form of literature or historical study?	15	AskHistorians