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Did any Russian person who was alive for the whole lifespan of the Soviet Union, from the Revolution to the Fall, ever publish any retrospective or opinions on the matter?

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The immediate aftermath of WW1 was a lot of revolutions and unrest. We typically attribute the cause of these to the war, but right at the same time, Spanish flu was killing 50 million people, more than the entire war. Did that play any significant role in all that unrest?

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Ray Kroc, in 1954, said that "In my experience, hamburger joints are nothing but jukeboxes, pay phones, smoking rooms, and guys in leather jackets." He's saying these were seedy establishments, but what about those things (besides leather jackets) signaled shadiness?

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Has drug use actually become more widespread since the 1960s, or is it merely more visible?

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Have there ever been any serious coup plots in American history, where some faction in the government/military planned to remove a sitting president and replace him?

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Before Darwin, what awareness did people have of human’s genetic relationship with apes?

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Did SS officers and other Nazis expect they would be individually put on trial for crimes they had personally committed?

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When we refer to ‘Sicilians’, is that only people from the island of Sicily or does it also include anyone from the southern Italian peninsula, from the historical Kingdom of Sicily and Kingdom of Two Sicilies?

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In the 1950s, and 60s, what was the relationship between the KKK and the more "respectable" segregationist groups like the White Citizens' Councils?

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Have there always been urban homeless?

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Did any Russian person who was alive for the whole lifespan of the Soviet Union, from the Revolution to the Fall, ever publish any retrospective or opinions on the matter?	4219
The immediate aftermath of WW1 was a lot of revolutions and unrest. We typically attribute the cause of these to the war, but right at the same time, Spanish flu was killing 50 million people, more than the entire war. Did that play any significant role in all that unrest?	289
Ray Kroc, in 1954, said that "In my experience, hamburger joints are nothing but jukeboxes, pay phones, smoking rooms, and guys in leather jackets." He's saying these were seedy establishments, but what about those things (besides leather jackets) signaled shadiness?	75
Has drug use actually become more widespread since the 1960s, or is it merely more visible?	28
Have there ever been any serious coup plots in American history, where some faction in the government/military planned to remove a sitting president and replace him?	18
Before Darwin, what awareness did people have of human’s genetic relationship with apes?	16
Did SS officers and other Nazis expect they would be individually put on trial for crimes they had personally committed?	15
When we refer to ‘Sicilians’, is that only people from the island of Sicily or does it also include anyone from the southern Italian peninsula, from the historical Kingdom of Sicily and Kingdom of Two Sicilies?	11
In the 1950s, and 60s, what was the relationship between the KKK and the more "respectable" segregationist groups like the White Citizens' Councils?	8
Have there always been urban homeless?	6