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One of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s many accomplishments was to help formalize that a woman could sign a mortgage and/or have a bank account without a man. What were the legal justifications behind denying women these basic rights? What arguments were by those who wanted women to have these rights?
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In "The Breakfast Club"(1984, Shermer, Illinois), Claire (Molly Ringwald) brings out sushi and soy sauce for lunch. None of the other students have heard of sushi, a clear example to the audience of how prissy she is. Why did sushi for lunch= prissy? Was Japanese food not a staple takeout food yet?
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In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes has a little band of “street Arabs” (homeless kids) he pays to be his eyes and ears. Was giving a homeless kid a sixpence to run an errand commen back then, or does this just show how “bohemian” Holmes is in the stories? Why are they called street Arabs?
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What was so appealing about the bra that it completely replace the corset? From my understanding the corset had been around a long time, why was it done away with relatively quickly?
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Documents from many huge companies were sent flying over Manhattan after the towers fell. Was any confidential information unintentionally gleaned from these files? Was there a concerted recovery effort to ensure client privacy, or did people focus on the obviously graver issues at hand
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[WP] The campfire is warm in the bowels of the ship. You, a human, swap stories with the other imprisoned aliens to pass away the long night.
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[WP] You murdered someone out of the blue, and being a rookie started googling and asking questions. The types of questions you asked attracted attention, so when someone asked if you were writing a murder mystery, you said yes. You now have to juggle getting away with murder and writing your book
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I’ve just learned that “human zoos” were pretty popular in Germany from the late 1800s until the Nazis came into power. What happened to the people in these “zoos” once the Nazis happened? What about their children/families?”
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The internet is full of stories about Nikola Tesla being a tragic victim of Thomas Edison’s greed and capitalistic ambitions. Is there any merit to this reading of their relationship? If not, where did this reading come from?
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