I think so ,still like your stories!
Chartreuse Mountains, France.
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I thought this would be better here than genealogy one. I do kind of remember this from many years ago, thought it still interesting.
POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN REALLY EXISTED
His real name was Frank âRockyâ Fiegel. He was born in 1868 in Poland and, as a child, immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled down in a small town in Illinois. As a young man, Rocky went to sea. After a 20-year career as a sailor in the Merchant Marines, Fiegel retired. He was later hired by Wiebuschâs Tavern in the city of Chester, Illinois as a âBouncerâ to maintain order in the rowdy bar.
Rocky quickly developed a reputation for always being involved in fighting ( and usually winning)⊠As a result, he had a deformed eye (âPop-eyeâ). He also âalwaysâ smoked his pipe, so he always spoke out of one side of his mouth. In his spare time as a Bouncer, Rocky would entertain the customers by regaling them with exciting stories of adventures he claimed to have had over his career as a sailor crossing the âSeven Seas.â
The creator of Popeye, Elzie Crisler Segar, grew up in Chester and, as a young man, met Rocky at the tavern and would sit for hours listening to the old sailorâs amazing âseaâ stories.â Years later, Segar became a cartoonist and developed a comic strip called âThimble Theater.â He honored Fiegel by asking if he could model his new comic strip character, âPopeye the Sailor Man,â after him. Naturally Fiegel was flattered and agreed.
Segar claimed that âOlive Oyl,â along with other characters, was also loosely based on an actual person. She was Dora Paskel, owner of a small grocery store in Chester. She apparently actually looked much like the Olive Oyl character in his comics. He claimed she even dressed much the same way.
Through the years, Segar kept in touch with Rocky and always helped him with money; giving him a small percentage of what he earned from his âPopeyeâ illustrations.
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I hope I am not doing something wrong, I will leave it to the manager of this page.
this is supposed to be about history and nothing else
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apanese nurses with a group of Polish orphans who were saved from Siberia.
They had ended up in Siberia because they had fled to Russia as World War 1 escalated in Europe. While there, many grew weak and sick.
Funded by Polish Americans and in partnership with the Japanese Red Cross, they were sent to Tokyo where they were nursed back to health. âŠ
Funded by Polish Americans and in partnership with the Japanese Red Cross, they were sent to Tokyo where they were nursed back to health.
From there, they were sponsored to come to the United States, where Americans help place them in homes. 1920s.
Gather around the fire you history buffs, because weâre going to tell you a story about the first self-made female millionaire in American history. Her name is C. J. Walker. The ultimate rags-to-riches story, C. J. Walkerâs life is one written synonymously with the hardship that laid the groundwork for her legacy. A woman who constructed the foundation of self hair-care and blew the doors of entrepreneurship wide open. From the daughter of slaves to political activist, C. J. Walker was not only a businesswoman with fiery ambition, but a mother, a widow, and an orphan. In conjunction with the announcement of Octavia Spencer playing the millionaire an upcoming Netflix film, hereâs a story for anyone feeling like life is getting you nowhere.
1925
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did I put something offensive on here? If I did please let me know and I will change it
Why would you ask this? Has anyone said anything?
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my overthinking again, I just donât want to offend anyone, and âthoughtâ those pictures may have been offensive
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Irmar, just thought I would share, going to put this in front of me so I can see it daily
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The country has more than its fair share of hauted places, especially considering the dark patches in Germanyâs history
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I have been watching this strange orange UFO for a week, now it has disappeared
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ok, I have been watching a lot of dramas where women have dressed as men and did it. madam holmes, dr cutie, thatâs just two, most favorite isa the story of MULAN , and I thought it was just a story!!!
well I got curious and wondered in all our history if anyone really did that .I am really surprised at this, and bet thereâs more in your countries, how about share? teach this âold dogâ some new tricks
this link does work. a very good read.
militaryhistorynow.com/2012/07/25 the-fighting-she-males-women-who-posed-as-men-in-
wartime
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You can remove all the extra fluff and keep just the link to the page: https://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/07/25/the-fighting-she-males-women-who-posed-as-men-in-wartime/
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Itâs definately not Czech since itâs my motherâs tongue.
Itâs a Slavic language for sure , I thought first Polish but itâs not, looks like Croatian, any one can confirm that?
Well reading what you posted makes you really think about many things. I think it also depends what year is your starting point. Whatâs also tragic, that many people born then, did not make it!
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I did try, maybe wasnât doing it right, but that link you put on didnât show up. thanks anyway for the lesson, I will try another one later. ok I re-did it.
Talking about unsinkable, in the video below, starting at 8:20, these time stamps 8:20 - 8:46, and 14:45 onwards shows the salt ponds in SIWA Oasis, in 
Egypt, and the content creatorâs experience. She kept bobbing to the top, 
unsinkable!
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I have always wondered about htis one,
THE TAJ MAHAL
According to legend, Shah Jahan (then Prince Khurram) fell in love with Arjumand Banu Begum at first sight.
The couple were married in 1612. Although he already had another wife and later took a third, Arjumand was the love of his life.
He even gave her the name Mumtaz Mahal -âJewel of the Palaceâ.
Shah Jahanâs relationship with his other wives, was nothing more than the status of marriage.
The intimacy, deep affection, attention and favor which His Majesty had for Mumtaz, exceeded a thousand times what he felt for any other.
She was the Shahâs trusted companion and traveled all over the empire with him.
Mumtaz passed in 1631 while giving birth to the coupleâs 14th child.
Her devastated husband was determined to build the worldâs most expensive mausoleum in her memory.
It took 22 years and most of the money in the royal treasury, but the Taj Mahal was finally completed in 1653.
Masons, stonecutters, inlayers, carvers, painters, calligraphers, dome-builders and other artisans were requisitioned from the whole of the empire - and also from Central Asia and Iran.
An epitome of love - it made use of the services of 22,000 laborers and 1,000 elephants.
The monument was built entirely out of white marble, which was brought in from all over India and central Asia.
After an expenditure of approximately 32 million rupees, the Taj Mahal was complete.
An immense mausoleum of white marble - built in Agra, it is the jewel of Muslim art in India, and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the worldâs heritage.
Standing majestically on the banks of River Yamuna, the Taj Mahal is synonymous to love and romance.
The name âTaj Mahalâ was derived from the name of Mumtaz Mahal, and means âCrown Palaceâ.
The purity of the white marble, the exquisite ornamentation, precious gemstones used and its picturesque location, all make a visit to the Taj Mahal the most sought-after place to visit in the world.
At the brink of dawn when the first rays of the sun hits the dome of this epic monument, it radiates bright golden light.
At dusk, basking in the glory of moon, it shines like a perfectly carved diamond; appearing as if straight out of some magical tale 
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