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Stonewall is now portrayed as the 'start' of global gay rights, but laws around homosexuality had been liberalized in other countries by this time. How much would that have been reported and discussed in the US, what would have been the relative impact compared to local police harassment on events?

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Poland's borders shifted post WW2 - how did the 'new' population mix compare to the old, in practice

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Historically when did people in the colonies stop considering themselves British but American instead?

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What technological advancements were predicted or desired by popular culture decades or centuries before they existed?

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Which cultures or periods through history have been the open to nudity in life (over just art)?

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What are historical equivelants to current sub-cultures, be that EMOs, Eco-Warriors, CosPlayers... ?

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With current laws, politics and attitudes - how would democracy and land ownership play out on a colony planet?

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If you were an average person, but Gay or Jewish in late 1930s central Europe - and starting to worry - would it be possible to 'hide' your identity, what would your options be to be safer?

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Stonewall is now portrayed as the 'start' of global gay rights, but laws around homosexuality had been liberalized in other countries by this time. How much would that have been reported and discussed in the US, what would have been the relative impact compared to local police harassment on events?	228
Poland's borders shifted post WW2 - how did the 'new' population mix compare to the old, in practice	4
Historically when did people in the colonies stop considering themselves British but American instead?	3
What technological advancements were predicted or desired by popular culture decades or centuries before they existed?	3
Which cultures or periods through history have been the open to nudity in life (over just art)?	1
What are historical equivelants to current sub-cultures, be that EMOs, Eco-Warriors, CosPlayers... ?	1
With current laws, politics and attitudes - how would democracy and land ownership play out on a colony planet?	1
If you were an average person, but Gay or Jewish in late 1930s central Europe - and starting to worry - would it be possible to 'hide' your identity, what would your options be to be safer?	1