/u/Yeangster's posts in /r/askhistorians
Bill James said that Donald Trump is the most crude and vulgar President since Harry Truman. What about Truman was so vulgar and did he have a reputation for being particularly uncouth among his contemporaries?
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How is it that so many prominent Mexican drug traffickers got their start in Sinaloa, a state with no land border with the USA, and what looks like a circuitous sea route?
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Why is China so large and unified? Why did it not break up into separate nation states like Europe? Why is there no Republic of Hunan or Kingdom of Sichuan?
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In the new All Quiet on the Western Front, there’s a scene where a bunch of 18 year old’s were pumped up to join the German Army in 1917. In the original, this happened in 1914. Were 18 year old’s excited to fight in 1917?
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How far did Bob Cratchit's 15 shilling per week wage get him? Did Scrooge pay a high or low wage for his time?
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The NRA was founded by Union Army veterans who thought the North could have done better if the average recruit was better at shooting. Was individual marksmanship that significant a factor in the American Civil War?
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