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Have bad teeth always been considered unattractive? Or is it a 20th century development?

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In Catherine Merridale's book Ivans War she says that throughout World War Two things like shellshock and PTSD were never accepted as legitimate reasons for soldiers to leave the front. Is this true? And if so, did the Soviet government evolve in its views and treatment of PTSD?

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How did the Soviets manage to build such an effective spy force?

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I've read that during the Battle of the Bulge Army troop shortages were so bad that they let blacks and whites serve together in the same unit. I also heard that they remained integrated after the battle. Is this true? What happened to such units after the VE-Day?

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Are there any sources on what Hernan Cortes said to the Tlaxcalans to make them allies of the Spanish?

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How much control did the Bolsheviks really have over Russia after the Russian Civil War? How did they go about taking over Russia?

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After Josef Tito's split with Stalin, why didn't the USSR invade Yugoslavia with Warsaw Pact troops like they did in Prague and Hungary?

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How did Japan go about bringing electricity to its cities and towns? Did they hire westerners to teach them how to use it in order to make their own companies?

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How did the Soviet Union, a nation ostensibly built to transcend capitalism and market economies, go about building their currency?

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Tobacco was originally a cash crop grown and exported from the English colony of Virginia in the 1700’s. How and when did it end up in a country as distant and far away as Russia?

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Have bad teeth always been considered unattractive? Or is it a 20th century development?	9	AskHistorians
In Catherine Merridale's book Ivans War she says that throughout World War Two things like shellshock and PTSD were never accepted as legitimate reasons for soldiers to leave the front. Is this true? And if so, did the Soviet government evolve in its views and treatment of PTSD?	9	AskHistorians
How did the Soviets manage to build such an effective spy force?	9	AskHistorians
I've read that during the Battle of the Bulge Army troop shortages were so bad that they let blacks and whites serve together in the same unit. I also heard that they remained integrated after the battle. Is this true? What happened to such units after the VE-Day?	9	AskHistorians
Are there any sources on what Hernan Cortes said to the Tlaxcalans to make them allies of the Spanish?	9	AskHistorians
How much control did the Bolsheviks really have over Russia after the Russian Civil War? How did they go about taking over Russia?	8	AskHistorians
After Josef Tito's split with Stalin, why didn't the USSR invade Yugoslavia with Warsaw Pact troops like they did in Prague and Hungary?	8	AskHistorians
How did Japan go about bringing electricity to its cities and towns? Did they hire westerners to teach them how to use it in order to make their own companies?	8	AskHistorians
How did the Soviet Union, a nation ostensibly built to transcend capitalism and market economies, go about building their currency?	8	AskHistorians
Tobacco was originally a cash crop grown and exported from the English colony of Virginia in the 1700’s. How and when did it end up in a country as distant and far away as Russia?	8	AskHistorians