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A asked this question a few weeks ago, but with no response. The wife of the first President of South Korea Syngman Rhee was Franziska Donner, an Austrian woman. How did Korean society react to having a white person as their First Lady?

340 upvotes • Dtnoip30

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Some Allied leaders, like Churchill and Patton, were advocating immediately attacking the Soviet Union after Germany was defeated. Were there any Soviet leaders trying to convince Stalin to attack the Western Allies after Germany was defeated?

340 upvotes • Sidecarlover

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How did the Germanic tribes transition from migrant "barbarians" to the feudal medieval kingdoms of Austria, Prussia, and the other Germanic kingdoms comprising the Holy Roman Empire?

340 upvotes • sptprototype

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I am a British or French soldier in WWI. My army attachment is involved in a big push and had high casualties. I got scared halfway through no man's land and came back. What was REALISTICALLY going to happen to me?

340 upvotes • Rowsdower32

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Why was Henry VIII so obsessed with having a male heir when queen regnants were already a thing in Europe?

340 upvotes • inaqu3estion

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What ancient superstitions were accidentally rooted in science?

340 upvotes • box-of-sand

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People who study history, how do you know you are not getting one sided biased information?

340 upvotes • Mumble-mama

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In the 1960s through 1970s the “Indian Health Service” forcefully or manipulatively sterilized 25% to 50% of Native American women as young as 11 years old. Why? Was there any Native resistance? Whatever happened to the survivors?

340 upvotes • lhrp

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What historical treasures have been lost to human stupidity or accidents?

340 upvotes • jibs

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200K Census Results

340 upvotes • caffarelli

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A asked this question a few weeks ago, but with no response. The wife of the first President of South Korea Syngman Rhee was Franziska Donner, an Austrian woman. How did Korean society react to having a white person as their First Lady?	340	Dtnoip30
Some Allied leaders, like Churchill and Patton, were advocating immediately attacking the Soviet Union after Germany was defeated. Were there any Soviet leaders trying to convince Stalin to attack the Western Allies after Germany was defeated?	340	Sidecarlover
How did the Germanic tribes transition from migrant "barbarians" to the feudal medieval kingdoms of Austria, Prussia, and the other Germanic kingdoms comprising the Holy Roman Empire?	340	sptprototype
I am a British or French soldier in WWI. My army attachment is involved in a big push and had high casualties. I got scared halfway through no man's land and came back. What was REALISTICALLY going to happen to me?	340	Rowsdower32
Why was Henry VIII so obsessed with having a male heir when queen regnants were already a thing in Europe?	340	inaqu3estion
What ancient superstitions were accidentally rooted in science?	340	box-of-sand
People who study history, how do you know you are not getting one sided biased information?	340	Mumble-mama
In the 1960s through 1970s the “Indian Health Service” forcefully or manipulatively sterilized 25% to 50% of Native American women as young as 11 years old. Why? Was there any Native resistance? Whatever happened to the survivors?	340	lhrp
What historical treasures have been lost to human stupidity or accidents?	340	jibs
200K Census Results	340	caffarelli