/u/George_S_Patton_III's posts in /r/askhistorians
How did early Spanish colonizers react to encountering American alligators and crocodiles? Did they expect to see things like that?
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After the American Revolution, why did France not reclaim Quebec, which it lost only 20 years prior, from Britain?
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During the Sino-Soviet Split, the Soviet Union offered to help Taiwan overthrow Mao and the Communists. Why was this offer not accepted?
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Why did the Ottomans never annex Crimea and instead chose to keep them as a vassal? What was this relationship with the Crimean Tartars like?
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How long did it take for news about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to spread to the entirety of Japan and the rest of the world?
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Warren G. Harding is the only newspaper owner to be President. What was his relationship with the press like? How has the President's relation to the press changed since?
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What impact, if any, did the Spanish Flu have on the 1918 Election in the United States with respect to turnout and the ultimate outcome? Since campaign speeches were not able to occur, did this give an edge to former newspaper owner Warren Harding that he otherwise would not have had?
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Why was the USSR allowed to annex so much of Poland after WW2 into the Belorussian SSR? During independence, did the Poles and Belarussians have any territorial disputes?
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