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[NSFW] I am a concubine to the emperor in Tang dynasty China. I have just been informed that the emperor will be spending the night with me, what should I be expecting? NSFW
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Why do authoritarian (particularly communist/soviet) governments absolutely cover their military generals with medals?
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Did Japan have its own equivalent to the Nuremberg Trials, and if so, why is so little heard about it in comparison to Germany's post-war reckoning?
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It’s somewhat widely known Hitler was very anti-smoking and even started some of the first public campaigns against it. As a fascist ruler, why didn’t he just outlaw it?
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Regarding Fidel Castro's famous "History Will Absolve Me" speech, why did the Batista regime allow him to speak for so long? How much of his speech (written down after the fact) is likely embellished versus what he may have actually said outloud?
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