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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
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
Christian mythology holds that Jesus had to die via God’s wishes in order to absolve humanity of its sins. If that’s the case, why did/do some people justify antisemitism by saying “Jews (supposedly) killed Jesus?” Didn’t Jews carry out God’s wishes?	6
“Gentlemen’s Agreement” is a 1947 movie that deals with antisemitism, set in New York. There is a sense of urgency in the movie that antisemitism will come to a head. If the movie had been made a few years later, at what point would it have been realistic for it to have mentioned the Holocaust?	6
The sentiment exists that landing in an airport but not leaving it doesn’t count as visiting a place. Was there a similar sentiment surrounding trains? If so, what’s the earliest recorded instance of this sentiment? Did people argue about this very important question back then too?	6
Why is New Jersey the only US state to still force people to pay for a pump attendant to fill your car?	6
Has killing a vampire with a cross always been part of the mythology?	6
Was James Bond seen as a progressive playboy for having flings with women of all colors?? [Serious]	6
I’ve heard that there were many all-White private schools opened after the Supreme Court’s ruled segregated schools were unconstitutional. Who was the leading force behind the opening of these school? Did this happen in more than one state?	6
The opening sentences of the first Sherlock Holmes story A Study in Scarlet are as follows: " IN the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there-	6

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