According to legend, the Japanese military was torturing US Airman Marcus McDilda in the aftermath of the atomic bombings. The Japanese wanted to gauge America's ability to continue atomic attacks. McDilda, of course, had no idea of the number of bombs that the US had, so he made up that America had 100.

Is this just a legend? And did this affect the Japanese's decision to surrender?

I am watching this series on Netflix called The History of Maths by Dr Marcus Du Satoy. Fascinating stuff.

In it he says that the ancient Babylonians were the first to conceptualize or invent the concept of zero. But I am Indian, and we are taught almost like canon, that is our ancestors who first did it.

What do historians think?

I don't know much about German leadership process through the ages, so forgive me my ignorance, but I'm curious given all of the "Trump is Hitler" talk that I hear, what are the parallels? Was Hitler's opponent seen as a corrupt member of an out of touch elite, thus making Hitler more interesting? Is there a parallel to draw here? (ie. History rhyming)

Japan had fearsome soldiers. I assume they were about the same height as Western troops?

Did losing the war stunt their growth for half a century?

For example, who would Evans argue is responsible for the rise of the Nazi party? Or what factors would he argue are the most significant for the creation of the third reich. I'm pretty sure the structuralist argument is that Hitler was a opportunist but I'm still quite confused about the whole structuralist/functionalist argument in comparison to the intentionalist argument. Could someone clear up what the Structuralist/Functionlist argument (Evans) is in comparison to the Intentionalist argument (Shirer)?

Thanks

Today the Rockefellers as a collective own as much as 10 billion. Thats is a large chunk of money, but John D Rockefeller's net worth was valued at 336 billion adjusted for inflation. Now typically wealth creates more wealth. So how did this historical figure go from being so ungodly rich with the most powerful company in the world to having his entire family valued at 10 billion between 200 people?

I recently read The Agony and the Ecstasy and the novel goes out of it way to suggest an unfriendly rivalry between the two. Does this have any basis in fact?

Say you were staying at a hotel or even lived in an apartment building, I imagine the sharp clicking of the typewriter could often be heard in the next room. Was it ever a problem, or am I incorrectly gauging the level of noise?

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I recently came across a facebook post in which it was mentioned that Churchill created an artificial famine in the Bengal and Bihar region of the Indian subcontinent by diverting all the crops to Europe to work as buffer during WW2. How factually correct is this? If so, what else is he guilty of during his political career?

Are there such incidents like this after the 1900's that we may not be aware of?

This is my first time asking, so apologies if any posting rules have been broken. Cheers.

To make it more specefic, lets put this question in the context of the Antonines. Thanks!

Was just wondering if there is data measuring which Southern state many African Americans left and which Northern cities they trended to.

Living in New Jersey, talking to local librarians, I've become very interested in the subject. For example, in Montclair, I was told that most Blacks came from Virginia. But in Trenton, it was predominately Georgia.

I was hoping to find this particular data or wondered if anyone has mapped it.

Or would it just be silence? Would an operator inform me I've lost connection? Not sure...