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Was there a parallel Civil Rights movement in Canada?

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Why has the writing of literature been traditionally seen as a pursuit of the upper classes (Lord Byron; Alfred Lord Tennyson; Percy Shelley; Winston Churchill; Theodore Roosevelt; Robert Lowell, etc.)? When did this association begin?

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Did Benjamin Franklin womanize in France?

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In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Gaston is a popular, charismatic, and healthy enough man of barge-like size. What would his social class have been in the general period of pre-Revolutionary France to accommodate such a stature?

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I'd read somewhere that, after the fall of the USSR, it was revealed that contemporaries in the Soviet government, whom most people assumed were behind, were just as befuddled by the Dlyatov Pass Incident. Is this true? And are there any similar "wasn't us" cases in history?

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How important was the Battle of Tours to world history ?

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I’ve been seeing lots of videos of the UK flag being removed from EU locations. Are there specific methods to folding different flags like there are in the US? Also, what’s the origin of specific flag folding techniques?

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HELP! How to save priceless Mayan Codex in California?

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How could soldiers be caught committing war crimes in large scale combat in ww2, and who would even accuse them?

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What were the logistics of illegal goods and services in the Vietnam War, such as drugs and prostitution? How sophisticated were the local (and international?) supply chains for these goods?

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Was there a parallel Civil Rights movement in Canada?	5
Why has the writing of literature been traditionally seen as a pursuit of the upper classes (Lord Byron; Alfred Lord Tennyson; Percy Shelley; Winston Churchill; Theodore Roosevelt; Robert Lowell, etc.)? When did this association begin?	5
Did Benjamin Franklin womanize in France?	5
In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Gaston is a popular, charismatic, and healthy enough man of barge-like size. What would his social class have been in the general period of pre-Revolutionary France to accommodate such a stature?	5
I'd read somewhere that, after the fall of the USSR, it was revealed that contemporaries in the Soviet government, whom most people assumed were behind, were just as befuddled by the Dlyatov Pass Incident. Is this true? And are there any similar "wasn't us" cases in history?	5
How important was the Battle of Tours to world history ?	5
I’ve been seeing lots of videos of the UK flag being removed from EU locations. Are there specific methods to folding different flags like there are in the US? Also, what’s the origin of specific flag folding techniques?	5
HELP! How to save priceless Mayan Codex in California?	5
How could soldiers be caught committing war crimes in large scale combat in ww2, and who would even accuse them?	5
What were the logistics of illegal goods and services in the Vietnam War, such as drugs and prostitution? How sophisticated were the local (and international?) supply chains for these goods?	5