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Popular media often depicts Victorian era England as dark, both figuratively and literally, and violent. What are the origins of this? Were they based in reality?

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Popular media often depicts Victorian era England as dark, both figuratively and literally, and violent. What are the origins of this? Were they based in reality?

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Popular media often depicts Victorian era England as dark, both figuratively and literally, and violent. What are the origins of this? Were they based in reality?

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Have there been instances of historical linguists inserting themselves into previously uncontacted groups of people and documenting their languages?

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In a recent Twitter thread, Josh Kaufman describes the difference in the Nazi Germany populace's reaction to Aktion T4 and the Holocaust as it applied to Jews, Roma, and Sinti, and how public pressure helped subdue Aktion T4. To what extent was Nazi Germany policy responsive to public pressure?

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What are the origins of Singapore's notoriously strict laws?

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Popular media often depicts Victorian era England as dark, both figuratively and literally, and violent. What are the origins of this? Were they based in reality?	20
Popular media often depicts Victorian era England as dark, both figuratively and literally, and violent. What are the origins of this? Were they based in reality?	7
Popular media often depicts Victorian era England as dark, both figuratively and literally, and violent. What are the origins of this? Were they based in reality?	3
Have there been instances of historical linguists inserting themselves into previously uncontacted groups of people and documenting their languages?	2
In a recent Twitter thread, Josh Kaufman describes the difference in the Nazi Germany populace's reaction to Aktion T4 and the Holocaust as it applied to Jews, Roma, and Sinti, and how public pressure helped subdue Aktion T4. To what extent was Nazi Germany policy responsive to public pressure?	2
What are the origins of Singapore's notoriously strict laws?	1