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How did Ronald Reagan, a divorced (at a time when divorce was relatively uncommon) former actor forge lasting political inroads with the religious right?	3
Who were the Philistines and what did they do to earn their reputation?	3
Were most gladiatorial matches assumed to be to the death?	3
Do we know of any encounters between them when Lenin, Hitler, Sigmund Freud, Tito, Trotsky, and Franz Ferdinand all spent time in the same part of Vienna in the summer of 1913?	3
Did 'The Wild One' play a prominent role in expanding biker culture in the United States or other countries? Was it reflective of a preexisting subculture, or did it create one? Was its violence realistic in its time or artistic licence? Has there been any academic research on the topic?	3
I've read zoning boards changed the composition of urban school districts and neighborhoods from 'blended' income to 'segregated by wealth' after more overt racial segregation was overturned by the courts; was this an active policy decision, and if so, how did its architects try to justify it?	3
Did Henry David Thoreau draw on historical antecedents when writing Civil Disobedience?	3
What sources are there to suggest that Nero blamed the fire in Rome in 64 CE on Christians? Do we know how he became aware of the movement? Would these suggestions be the earliest independent recognition of Christians as a distinct group in the historical record?	3
I've heard that pirate treasure maps are ahistorical; what about buried treasure?	3
Were any attempts to isolate to prevent the spread of Black Death successful? What sort of quarantining measures were taken? Did the experience have any long-term effect on the understanding of how disease was spread?	3

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