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Sent over here from AskReddit. How common was anal sex in America in the 1950s between straight couples? How did this fit in with the homophobic views of this era? NSFW

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What did the UVF think of the pro-treaty Irish during and after the Irish Civil War?

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What was daily life like for civilians during the Spanish Civil War?

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How financially comfortable would one have to be (in today's dollars) to not have felt the effects of the Great Depression?

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What are some good sources that study collective memory of Italians after WW2 and the Holocaust? (x-post from /r/asksocialscience)

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In different time periods when virginity was still seen as a commodity, how common was it for a woman to know about sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and how her body worked in general?

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If so many colonies in the American South were established for religious freedom, how did the church become such a prominent role in Southern culture?

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Why did the Italian royal court(s), unlike the English and Henry VIII, never have an official split from the church?

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What did the closet of someone in your respective time period look like and how did this vary among classes?

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Sent over here from AskReddit. How common was anal sex in America in the 1950s between straight couples? How did this fit in with the homophobic views of this era? NSFW	1701
What did the UVF think of the pro-treaty Irish during and after the Irish Civil War?	6
What was daily life like for civilians during the Spanish Civil War?	6
How financially comfortable would one have to be (in today's dollars) to not have felt the effects of the Great Depression?	5
What are some good sources that study collective memory of Italians after WW2 and the Holocaust? (x-post from /r/asksocialscience)	5
In different time periods when virginity was still seen as a commodity, how common was it for a woman to know about sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and how her body worked in general?	4
If so many colonies in the American South were established for religious freedom, how did the church become such a prominent role in Southern culture?	4
Why did the Italian royal court(s), unlike the English and Henry VIII, never have an official split from the church?	3
What did the closet of someone in your respective time period look like and how did this vary among classes?	1