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Prior to the development of the term "shipping" in the mid-90s to describe hypothetical relationships between fictional characters, did this phenomenon meaningfully exist in fan communities surrounding certain media?

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For scholars of modern American history: what are the documentaries and films that best address the history of the civil rights movement in the U.S.?

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Why have east (orient) and west (occident) become so fraught with political and cultural significance where north and south have not?

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How did "Spring Break" come to be so associated with debauchery and excess?

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I'm a traveling scholar in the classical era and I've just learned that the Library of Alexandria has been burned. What other major centers of learning might I visit instead?

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I hope this isn't removed because of the 20-year rule, but: why did the Nazis who went to the moon in 1945 wait until 2012 to come back?

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In Europe, before standardized spellings became the norm and dictionaries were widespread, did readers ever find it, well... annoying to deal with text?

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When did the concept of a "twist ending" start to be distinguished from just... an ending?

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Prior to the development of the term "shipping" in the mid-90s to describe hypothetical relationships between fictional characters, did this phenomenon meaningfully exist in fan communities surrounding certain media?	1
For scholars of modern American history: what are the documentaries and films that best address the history of the civil rights movement in the U.S.?	1
Why have east (orient) and west (occident) become so fraught with political and cultural significance where north and south have not?	0
How did "Spring Break" come to be so associated with debauchery and excess?	0
I'm a traveling scholar in the classical era and I've just learned that the Library of Alexandria has been burned. What other major centers of learning might I visit instead?	0
I hope this isn't removed because of the 20-year rule, but: why did the Nazis who went to the moon in 1945 wait until 2012 to come back?	0
In Europe, before standardized spellings became the norm and dictionaries were widespread, did readers ever find it, well... annoying to deal with text?	0
When did the concept of a "twist ending" start to be distinguished from just... an ending?	0