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  1. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    I didn't say you did, the video you linked suggested it with the title "What did Hitler do to non-white people", then tells of how Hitler waved at Owens and was ignored by Roosevelt.
  2. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    The implication that a wave implies tolerance and acceptance is incorrect. Hitler refused to shake hands with any athletes that weren't German. If the implication was that the German people and Europeans were more accepting, then absolutely. Hitler, not a chance.
  3. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    I'm not disagreeing that Owens was ignored here, but suggesting that Germany was accepting is a bit of a stretch? Hitler famously refused to congratulate Owens. He wouldn’t even shake his hand. In fact, our own president didn’t even congratulate him. It wasn’t until 1976 that Gerald Ford gave...
  4. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    Interesting side note: Wallis Simpson's maiden name was Wallis Warfield. She was the niece of Solomon Davies Warfield, who built railways through Florida as well as the Seminole Inn in Indiantown. https://news.yahoo.com/revealed-secret-plan-pay-off-200000733.html
  5. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    https://notthebee.com/article/why-does-everywhere-look-exactly-the-same
  6. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    My mother rarely used the dryer until she got up in years and we never had a garbage disposal either. My mother didn't have a car with A/C until 1982 and that was only because she couldn't get one without.
  7. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    Mine were a bit of an odd couple in that respect. Both children of the Depression, my mother, daughter of Italian immigrants, grew up poor and had no luxuries. My grandfather was an executive at a subsidiary of GE and was comfortable through the Depression, but not a spendthrift. Because of his...
  8. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    Who knew? https://t.co/8zXM2E9jcJ
  9. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12428295/Uncovering-history-Pompeiis-SLAVES-Archaeologists-discover-cramped-room-ancient-house-provides-rare-glimpse-lives-servants-Mount-Vesuvius-devastating-eruption.html
  10. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

  11. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743039
  12. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wwii-navajo-code-talker-turns-106-marines-special-language-changed-militarys-capablities
  13. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    It's horrifying what people can do to other people when they think they've got the higher moral ground.
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