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When and why did yodeling, a musical technique from the Alps, become associated with the Western music of cowboys and the Great Plains?
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When and why did it become fashionable among bikers to disable/remove mufflers from their motorcycles' exhaust systems?
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Max Planck said: "Science progresses not because scientists change their minds, but rather because scientists attached to erroneous views die, and are replaced." Has this proven true since the advent of the modern era?
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With the exception of its early days, rock and roll music has been dominated by white musicians, despite being created, at least in part, by black musicians. Why?
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In 1983, the Nintendo Family Computer was released in the Japan, and went on to dominate the home console market, despite much competition, foreign and domestic. In 1985, it came to the U.S. and did the same thing. Why?
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How much of an impact did the introduction of lever-action rifles, such as the Henry and Winchester, have on the settlement of the Old West? Do they deserve their reputation as the "gun(s) that won the West?"
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Modern Thailand has a reputation as a place of tolerance and acceptance for transgendered people. What elements of Thai history and/or have culture led to this being the case? Has it long been a society tolerant of alternative gender/sexual roles?
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