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What is the earliest recorded instance of a prank phone call?

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After the overthrow of Spanish power in its Mexican, Central, and South American colonies were there any groups similar to the KKK, who used violence and intimidation to maintain the power of whites?

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What did political parties look like in Colonial America? What issues did they care about?

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I've heard that amphetamine use was common among soldiers during World War II, did doctors use them to keep up with long hours of surgery when taking care of wounded soldiers?

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During most of Joseph Stalin's tenure as leader of the USSR, the crimes carried out in his name against the Russian people were often explained as not really being his fault, but the fault of his underlings abusing power, like Yezhov. Did this passing the buck continue as other leaders took power?

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What’s with the rampant homophobia in South Korea?

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Prior to assuming the mantle of General Secretary of the Party and sole leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's only official "job" was a weatherman. That being said, in hindsight, can we see any examples of him "learning on the job" when it comes to governance?

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What accounts for the difference between Islamic and Christian societies in the Middle Ages when it comes to the social status of Jews?

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In Stephen Kotkins biography of Stalin he says that the Cheka was organized independently from Bolshevik authority in the early days after the revolution. What prevented them from being opportunistic thugs? Did Soviets attempt to clean house later on?

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Prewar, during the war and Postwar, How did segregationists reconcile or view Nazi Germany's policies with their own?

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What is the earliest recorded instance of a prank phone call?	3	AskHistorians
After the overthrow of Spanish power in its Mexican, Central, and South American colonies were there any groups similar to the KKK, who used violence and intimidation to maintain the power of whites?	3	AskHistorians
What did political parties look like in Colonial America? What issues did they care about?	3	AskHistorians
I've heard that amphetamine use was common among soldiers during World War II, did doctors use them to keep up with long hours of surgery when taking care of wounded soldiers?	3	AskHistorians
During most of Joseph Stalin's tenure as leader of the USSR, the crimes carried out in his name against the Russian people were often explained as not really being his fault, but the fault of his underlings abusing power, like Yezhov. Did this passing the buck continue as other leaders took power?	3	AskHistorians
What’s with the rampant homophobia in South Korea?	3	AskHistorians
Prior to assuming the mantle of General Secretary of the Party and sole leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's only official "job" was a weatherman. That being said, in hindsight, can we see any examples of him "learning on the job" when it comes to governance?	3	AskHistorians
What accounts for the difference between Islamic and Christian societies in the Middle Ages when it comes to the social status of Jews?	3	AskHistorians
In Stephen Kotkins biography of Stalin he says that the Cheka was organized independently from Bolshevik authority in the early days after the revolution. What prevented them from being opportunistic thugs? Did Soviets attempt to clean house later on?	3	AskHistorians
Prewar, during the war and Postwar, How did segregationists reconcile or view Nazi Germany's policies with their own?	3	AskHistorians