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

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Today, a salad course is typically served chilled, with produce crisp and cold, often on a chilled plate. Prior to refrigeration, were salads primarily served warm? Or were other means used to cool them?

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In the centuries following contact with the West, how familiar would the average East Asian have been with the existence of Judaism and the Jews?

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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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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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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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Given the vast reaches of the British Empire at the time, why was Australia, in particular, chosen as the prime location for criminal transportation?

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When and why did Taiwan's primary language shift from Taiwanese to Mandarin, the language of its main enemy?	5	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
What was the first popular song to be composed solely of sampled and/or synthesized sounds (except the vocals)?	5	AskHistorians
Today, a salad course is typically served chilled, with produce crisp and cold, often on a chilled plate. Prior to refrigeration, were salads primarily served warm? Or were other means used to cool them?	5	AskHistorians
In the centuries following contact with the West, how familiar would the average East Asian have been with the existence of Judaism and the Jews?	5	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
What factors led to the collapse of the old "star" system of the Hollywood studios in the 1960's and '70's?	5	AskHistorians
Given the vast reaches of the British Empire at the time, why was Australia, in particular, chosen as the prime location for criminal transportation?	4	AskHistorians