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During and after slavery was abolished in the US, did business market themselves as “slave-labor free” the same way something today is marked “cruelty free?” More generally, how did businesses capitalize on abolitionist sentiments during and after slavery was ended?	152	AskHistorians
It’s a point of pride for many Trekkies to say Star Trek was the driving force behind modern fandom. However, I’ve also read the same about Sherlock Holmes. What is the history of fandom, either modern or ur?	146	AskHistorians
Were there any programs/organizations to de-radicalize kids who had been in the Hitler Youth Program? Did the concept of de-radicalization even exist then, or is it newer?	144	AskHistorians
[EU] Stanley was tired of having one-sided conversations with the Narrator, and so decided to see if he(?) had a body and could be found. This greatly surprised the Narrator, who still was not entirely sure what a body was or how it worked or why it- Hey, what are you doing, you can’t come in here!	131	WritingPrompts
Supposedly, after Buddy Holly’s wife suffered a miscarriage after learning about her husband’s death from the news, it was decided going forward the names of victims wouldn’t be released on television until the families had been informed	103	AskHistorians
After the liberation of the concentrations camps, many survivors immigrated to America, where they were told to not speak of their experiences to ease their assimilation. Was this a well-meaning band aid slapped on the horrors of the Holocaust? When was it “acceptable” to talk about the camps?	103	AskHistorians
In the original Star Trek all female crew members wore very short dress shirts. I read once this was due to Gene Roddenberry wanting time show women in the future were sexually liberated, and not because of the male gaze. Is there evidence to back this up? Does a snapshot of the women’s sexual-	82	AskHistorians
My parents who were teens in the 80s told me there wasn’t really a narrative surrounding how dangerous it is to drunkly drive. Is this true? What changed? What were the protests around continuing to not wear seatbelts/ have it not be mandatory? Was mother’s against drunk driving a part of this?	81	AskHistorians
What’s the first recorded instance of “righty tighty lefty loosy?” Is there evidence tho rule of thumb goes back farther? Where did this sentiment originate?	66	AskHistorians
After watching “Casablanca” for the first time (5 stars), I learned the movie premiered on Nov 26, 1941; 11 days later was Pearl Harbor. The movie released to general audiences on Jan 23, 1942. How did Pearl Harbor affect the film? Did anyone see the movie before PH and then see it again?	61	AskHistorians

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