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How did Jewish and Muslim Americans address prohibited foods (salt pork, lard, bacon) included in Great Depression food aid? Was this a permissible time to break religious dietary rules? Were alternative groceries or kosher/halal aid groups available, or might they just go without?

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What were birthday celebrations like for Americans drafted to Vietnam?

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If the (US) Flammable Fabrics Act of 1953 was passed in response to kids' cowboy costumes catching fire, why was there so much emphasis on flame-resistant children's sleepwear in the decades following?

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Did there use to be orange (Protestant) and green (Catholic) sidewalks in parts of North Ireland?

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Original neighborhoods of Tehran

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Primary sources on Rio de Janeiro's favelas, c. 1900?

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Naming and functions of the Red Cloud Agency?

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How did Jewish and Muslim Americans address prohibited foods (salt pork, lard, bacon) included in Great Depression food aid? Was this a permissible time to break religious dietary rules? Were alternative groceries or kosher/halal aid groups available, or might they just go without?	303
What were birthday celebrations like for Americans drafted to Vietnam?	12
If the (US) Flammable Fabrics Act of 1953 was passed in response to kids' cowboy costumes catching fire, why was there so much emphasis on flame-resistant children's sleepwear in the decades following?	5
Did there use to be orange (Protestant) and green (Catholic) sidewalks in parts of North Ireland?	5
Original neighborhoods of Tehran	3
Primary sources on Rio de Janeiro's favelas, c. 1900?	2
Naming and functions of the Red Cloud Agency?	0