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When Gutenberg's press was developed, did he face any opposition to it? Anyone saying that it wouldn't work/wasn't worth it/shouldn't exist?

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During the age of fighting sail, many warships had figureheads of women at their bows. Were there any ships that notably went with something else? Animals, maybe? Objects?

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Edward "Blackbeard" Teach's most notorious ship was named "Queen Anne's Revenge." Were English pirates in the Caribbean hostile to the Hanovers? Were they pro-Stuart?

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During the heyday of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's career, what was the popular reaction to him bearing the name of a Shawnee war-chief who spent years fighting and killing Americans?

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Were the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War thankful for the help of the International Brigades, or were they viewed as a nuisance?

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What is the origin of the idea of "going native", and has it ever notably happened?

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Why have certain ethnic terms taken on pejorative connotations over time when their initial use seems not to have had any?

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Did disco really "die" on the night of July 12, 1979? If so, was this something unprecedented? Details inside...

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Some alt-right/far-right/white-nationalist types now seem to be using the word "globalist" as a dog-whistle shorthand for "Jewish" - what are the origins of this?

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The opening of the Battle of the Somme happened 99 years ago today. It's thought of as a disaster for the British, but how does it endure in French and German popular memory?

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When Gutenberg's press was developed, did he face any opposition to it? Anyone saying that it wouldn't work/wasn't worth it/shouldn't exist?	49
During the age of fighting sail, many warships had figureheads of women at their bows. Were there any ships that notably went with something else? Animals, maybe? Objects?	47
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach's most notorious ship was named "Queen Anne's Revenge." Were English pirates in the Caribbean hostile to the Hanovers? Were they pro-Stuart?	47
During the heyday of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's career, what was the popular reaction to him bearing the name of a Shawnee war-chief who spent years fighting and killing Americans?	47
Were the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War thankful for the help of the International Brigades, or were they viewed as a nuisance?	47
What is the origin of the idea of "going native", and has it ever notably happened?	46
Why have certain ethnic terms taken on pejorative connotations over time when their initial use seems not to have had any?	46
Did disco really "die" on the night of July 12, 1979? If so, was this something unprecedented? Details inside...	45
Some alt-right/far-right/white-nationalist types now seem to be using the word "globalist" as a dog-whistle shorthand for "Jewish" - what are the origins of this?	43
The opening of the Battle of the Somme happened 99 years ago today. It's thought of as a disaster for the British, but how does it endure in French and German popular memory?	42