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When did the public learn about all humans having evolved from Africa? Since I believe it was sometime in the 50s or 60s, how on earth did racists react? How did progressives?	8
There’s many different kinds of folklore associated with different regions and religions. What about Jewish folklore? Is/was there a distinct mythology, and was overshadowed by the mythos of Christianity?	8
Did people in the past refers to past decades like we do, eg. the eighties, the nineties, etc?	7
Was there a Jewish district in Victorian London, like today’s China Town in LA? If so, how/why did it form? Where was it? Was it self sustaining (as in no one wanted anything to do with Jews and vice versa? What language(s) would the people there have spoken?	7
Are there any records of Frederick Douglass’ views on homosexuality/inverts? Did he write about any scandals/well-known people at the time, such as Oscar Wilde?	7
How much national coverage did the 1937 Chicago a week-long “radio school” experiment receive? Did people remember it after the fact, or is this only a recent historical fun fact?	7
Is it fair to say that America used to be much more overtly antisemitic, and after the horrors of the Holocaust were known to the world the levels of antisemitism decreased?	7
When did being infected in order to become a zombie become a part of zombie lore? How did one become a zombie before that?	7
What was thought to happen when someone’s foot or arm fell asleep before a medical explanation came around?	7
How many candies would people throughout history recognize in a modern American vending machine? That is, what’s the timeline of “standard” candy everyone’s heard of, from around 1850-now? (Pic of example vending machine attached)	7

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