/u/tombomp's posts in /r/askhistorians
The 1927 Liberian presidential election supposedly recorded 243k votes for incumbent president Charles D.B. King despite an electorate of only 15k. Is this story real? If so, what on earth led to such blatant rigging?
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How would recorded music be imported cross-ocean in the LP era, say up to the 60s? How did people in other countries learn of and get access to the music from overseas?
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Almost all vegetables in English cuisine are traditionally prepared by boiling... except the potato. What is the history of it alone being cooked by the (far superior) method of roasting, and what led to roasting being made more acceptable in more recent years?
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Why did Harry S Truman and others (supposedly) intercede for Pétain's release after his trial and imprisonment at the end of WWII?
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What sort of networks and support did the "Windrush generation" of Caribbean immigrants to the UK have and develop in their transition to living in a new country?
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In the song Lost in the Supermarket by the Clash the narrator saves "coupons from packets of tea". In 1970s England, what sort of coupons would you collect from tea? What would it get you?
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Before modern charity law in England, how were charitable trusts/endowments managed? Was there legal recourse for misappropriation of funds?
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What was the relationship between the Prussian Landtag and the Reichstag from German Unification to the end of WW1?
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