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In 1984 Capcom released the game 1942. Was there any controversy in Japan about a Japanese company making a game where you played as an american shooting down Japanese planes?

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Do we know how Sparta became Sparta? What was the culture like before it became the Sparta we know now

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Several states have towns named Carthage. Did it use to be viewed more positively? Or why would someone name their town after a city that had such a horrible end?

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Watching Mr Smith goes to Washington there are boys working in the Senate as pages. Would that be normal in the late 30s?

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during WW2 did German POWs escape to a PA town and work as laborers? Just heard this from a caller on NPR

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Was there an African American movement in the 1920s that used the term Libyan man in reference to descendants from Africa ?

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Abortion and American slavery. Did it exsist?

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Why was the 1st Ikea location in North America in Nova Scotia?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In 1984 Capcom released the game 1942. Was there any controversy in Japan about a Japanese company making a game where you played as an american shooting down Japanese planes?	150
Do we know how Sparta became Sparta? What was the culture like before it became the Sparta we know now	76
Several states have towns named Carthage. Did it use to be viewed more positively? Or why would someone name their town after a city that had such a horrible end?	34
Watching Mr Smith goes to Washington there are boys working in the Senate as pages. Would that be normal in the late 30s?	6
during WW2 did German POWs escape to a PA town and work as laborers? Just heard this from a caller on NPR	6
Was there an African American movement in the 1920s that used the term Libyan man in reference to descendants from Africa ?	2
Abortion and American slavery. Did it exsist?	2
Why was the 1st Ikea location in North America in Nova Scotia?	1