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In the play and movie "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", the spoken intro to the eponymous song is Rainey's nephew who has a stutter. Is there any truth to this story? Do we know who it even was that delivered the intro?

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Was the music of Robert Johnson played at the "From Spirituals to Swing" concert, and if so what songs were played?

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Why did the US Government continue to use the Fasces in its iconography even after it became associated with Fascism?

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Did Eduard Bernstein have any recorded reaction to the Spartacist Uprising or the execution of Rosa Luxemburg?

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Why is the food sold at theaters called “concessions”? Doesn’t that term usually imply that there was some sort of conflict where one side had to concede?

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In the TV show The Last Kingdom, several of the Danish characters have facial tattoos. Was this common among Danes in the ninth century?

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What did people outside the Byzantine Empire call the Byzantine Empire?

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When Fascism and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) were first taking off in Germany, was it more popular among young people or old people?

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Other than literature written for the express purpose of spreading Christianity, is there any evidence of the existence of a Jewish religious leader named Yeshua in the early Common Era?

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Why did Hitler name his ideology "National Socialism" when it had little to do with and even demonized socialism?

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In the play and movie "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", the spoken intro to the eponymous song is Rainey's nephew who has a stutter. Is there any truth to this story? Do we know who it even was that delivered the intro?	1
Was the music of Robert Johnson played at the "From Spirituals to Swing" concert, and if so what songs were played?	1
Why did the US Government continue to use the Fasces in its iconography even after it became associated with Fascism?	1
Did Eduard Bernstein have any recorded reaction to the Spartacist Uprising or the execution of Rosa Luxemburg?	1
Why is the food sold at theaters called “concessions”? Doesn’t that term usually imply that there was some sort of conflict where one side had to concede?	1
In the TV show The Last Kingdom, several of the Danish characters have facial tattoos. Was this common among Danes in the ninth century?	1
What did people outside the Byzantine Empire call the Byzantine Empire?	1
When Fascism and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) were first taking off in Germany, was it more popular among young people or old people?	1
Other than literature written for the express purpose of spreading Christianity, is there any evidence of the existence of a Jewish religious leader named Yeshua in the early Common Era?	1
Why did Hitler name his ideology "National Socialism" when it had little to do with and even demonized socialism?	1