They have no sexual feature or function and there are still some cultures around the world that don't consider them sexual.
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Were BMX bikes produced in the USSR or Warsaw Pact countries? Did any Western imports make it in?
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I know why all the other countries were put there but not China
This is referring to the Republic of China in 1945
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Edit: Sorry for the spelling mistake. I meant Peso, not Preso.
Examples like the:
all have a double bar through the symbol. Is there any historical reason for this? Or is it coincidence?
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We found the concentration camps in April 5, 1945. However, the war began in 1939. With the amount of concentration camps (both major and minor), how is it possible to have not came across one of these camps for so many years?
I'm matching up the battle locations via this map, and it would seem that it wasn't until 1943-1944 when they would have come across these camps. However, by the time they found the first camp, it was 5 months away from the end of the war.
So, how did they hide these camps for so long, and how is it possible to not have stumbled across even a "minor" camp?
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New Zealand and Australia seem to have been colonized at almost the same time, by the same people, but their treatment towards the native populace was so totally different in each country. Why?
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I'm not referring to political prisoners or people imprisoned on racial grounds. I'm curious about what happened to people accused of theft, assault, and other actions that most people agree should be illegal.
Also, I'm curious about what happens in general to a country's prison population when it undergoes war or a revolution.
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If it's kosher to the board rules, I had a question about historical items and museum curation:
Suppose you have a historical item in your ownership that you would be willing to have displayed in an interested museum. How does that usually work? What's the protocol? Are people with the items usually the ones making contact and saying, "Hey, museum of US presidents, I've got this signed folio of US senators from the 1800's and was wondering if you'd be interested..."
Also, if there is a high monetary value associated with the item, are museums in a position to pay for their display? Are deals struck for major items like, "I'll loan it for display it in your museum if you cover the insurance on it, plus 1% of your ticket sales."
PS - I'm not soliciting personal advice, I was just curious.
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I was searching for an answer of why liberal politics are considered "left-leaning", and Google told me it was due to King Louis XVI sitting in front of his assembly with the conservatives on the right and liberals on the left.
Is this actually where this comes from? And if it is, was it used throughout history to this point or did it just pop up recently? If the latter, why did it reemerge?
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Hey everyone, I'm writing a paper on the Last Testament of Louis XVI which can be found here and have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to, which is who would have had access to it after it was written? I am arguing that Louis uses his Last Testament to make certain statements, but I'm realizing that some of my points don't hold water if the document was simply tucked away or only made available to very few people after it was written/after Louis's execution. If anyone could answer this or point me in a direction where I could find out for myself I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_quarter
Medinas are a north african style of city lay out that has narrow passages that are very twisted and windy.
I'm wondering how the hell people could have (and still) not gotten lost in those places. They're like a maze, since they have no street signs (I presume).
Also, how do they avoid traffic jams - and how do store fronts, with their wares being exhibited externally, avoid thieves and people knocking into their wares, especially when there's an unwanted level of traffic in one corridor of street?
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In doing some research for something else I saw this newspaper advertisement in the Boston Gazette, April 4, 1774
Messi'rs Morgan and Stieglitz
Request Permission to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Boston, that, having received assurance of the Patronage and assistance of the Musical Gentlemen, they purpose having at Concert-Hall, on Wednesday the 20th of April, a Grand Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music assisted by the Band of the 64th Regiment.
The various bits of the concert are then listed. So my questions:
1.) I'm assuming the overtures in each Act of the concert are the full Stamitz symphonies (IIRC they're something like 10 or 11 minutes long each, but it's been awhile since I've listened to them)? Or were overtures shorter in the 18th century then what I'm thinking of (based on overtures from movies from the 50s, 60s, etc.).
2.) What is a German flute? Is it just a standard flute or something more like an oboe or a clarinet?
3.) The Harpischord concerto--any wild guesses as to what might have been available and played by a resident of Boston in 1774? Maybe Handel?
4.) I'm assuming that the Artaxerexes mentioned here is the opera by Thomas Arne?
5.) Hunting Song--is this a particular genre of music, or a song just named "Hunting song", or a song actually used on hunts?
6.) Any wild ideas about what kind of music might be played at a concert by a solo violinist in late 18th century America?
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Before you ask, this isn't a homework question. I am however reading up on Chinese history simply because I'm interested and I want to find a comprehensible reason(s) as to why she didn't want China to reform much like Japan did.
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I read that it was a combination of factors, namely:
The overuse of slaves diminished the availability of jobs and decreased tax revenue and customers in the Roman economy (long term problem).
The rich did not want to be taxed and therefore hid their greater share of wealth as much as they could from the tax collectors, especially by the time of the Tetrachy
The classic colonial trading system of the provinces and colonies trading with Rome for finished and luxury goods in exchange for raw resources started to breakdown as provinces started trading amongst themselves and left out the Roman middleman sometime around the 2nd or 3rd century
As the Empire stopped expanding after the 2nd Century there was less influx of money from lack of new campaigns and capture of territory and slaves
As the Roman military and political situation crumbled and became more chaotic in the 4th century local agriculture shifted from cash crops for export and moved to subsistence farming as the Imperial trade system broke down.
Is any of this right? BTW, this is NOT a homework answer seeking question.
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USA, France, Russia and other countries were trying to break the code. Was is accidental that Britain did it first or did they actually have an edge over other countries (better scientists, budget, intelligence, etc)? Were they all trying with the same effort?
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Were there advertisements for the store?
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Where I work I have a lot of time to listen to books (audio books) and after listening to 1984 and A Brave New World, I've become more interested in history and political theories. So which book or books would you suggest? To clarify: Nonfiction.
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Additionally what effect did this long absence have on the court's business?
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Was there a dramatic shift in Islamic thought and doctrine through the centuries, something analogous to how Ming China seemingly arbitrarily decided to close open ocean exploration?
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