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Did Magnus Hirchfeld use bull testosterone at his Institute for Sexuality?

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What is the origin of “Olly olly oxen free!”?

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We’re cameras and photos originally seen as a way to make the portrait more accessible and fast? When did photography begin to be seen as it’s own medium like music or painting?

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What is the first instance of a show or movie showing a heart monitor beeping, slowing down, then flatlining? How did we get to the point where an average audience knows the term flatlining and that it means death?

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When did a foodstuff being “all natural” become so desirable that the term organic had to be made a legal term? Was there a time when chemicals in food was seen as a good thing, perhaps during war periods when food needed to be preserved?

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Can we use contemp. medias of tech to see shifts in public thought overtime? How did R.U.R lead to Skynet? How have robots had to prove they’re alive over time? Is there a marked media shift before/after the internet connected solitary machines with “algorithms” and “http protocols?”

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During the AIDS crisis, did people think cancer became contagious?

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Happy MLK day! On a civil rights related note, why do so many slave songs from the American South feature the singers identifying themselves with the Jews who were slaves under Pharaoh?

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London, Rome, Paris etc. are cities that afaik anyone in the world knows about and considers a vacation spot. How did Miami, a very young city, become one of these destination spots?

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How did Y2K go from the water coolers of IT basement dwellers to every prime time talking heads’ news desk?

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Did Magnus Hirchfeld use bull testosterone at his Institute for Sexuality?	1
What is the origin of “Olly olly oxen free!”?	1
We’re cameras and photos originally seen as a way to make the portrait more accessible and fast? When did photography begin to be seen as it’s own medium like music or painting?	1
What is the first instance of a show or movie showing a heart monitor beeping, slowing down, then flatlining? How did we get to the point where an average audience knows the term flatlining and that it means death?	1
When did a foodstuff being “all natural” become so desirable that the term organic had to be made a legal term? Was there a time when chemicals in food was seen as a good thing, perhaps during war periods when food needed to be preserved?	1
Can we use contemp. medias of tech to see shifts in public thought overtime? How did R.U.R lead to Skynet? How have robots had to prove they’re alive over time? Is there a marked media shift before/after the internet connected solitary machines with “algorithms” and “http protocols?”	1
During the AIDS crisis, did people think cancer became contagious?	0
Happy MLK day! On a civil rights related note, why do so many slave songs from the American South feature the singers identifying themselves with the Jews who were slaves under Pharaoh?	0
London, Rome, Paris etc. are cities that afaik anyone in the world knows about and considers a vacation spot. How did Miami, a very young city, become one of these destination spots?	0
How did Y2K go from the water coolers of IT basement dwellers to every prime time talking heads’ news desk?	0