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So I am a tall woman. Iâm about 5'10, 5'11ish and if Iâm going to be going into a meeting where I know that thereâs going to be a man whoâs going to try to speak over me or belittle me or throw his weight around, I will purposefully wear the largest heels, like the biggest heels that I have, which make me like 6'2, 6'3 so that I can stand next to them and look down on them and remind them that not only am I a match for you intellectually, but I could step on you.
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Don't know much about the details of this conflict, but during the siege of Weinberg, women were allowed to leave the city carrying anything they could on their backs. Rather than carrying their possessions, they took their husbands. The king who was leading the siege praised them and decided to keep his word, allowing them to leave. Perhaps not really nice in modern terms, when the alternative was just slaughtering half the city, but comparatively nice in its time.
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Ottomans supplied the Irish people during the famine (hence the crescent on Drogheda united)
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The Dutch government donates tulips to Canada every year as a thank you for hosting their royal family during WW2 and the Canadian involvement in liberating the Netherlands. A princess was born in Canada and the hospital room was declared extraterritorial so she could be born Dutch.
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A Japanese pilot bombed a Canadian town during WWII and started a huge forest fire. He returned after the war to apologize and offered them his sword, which is still on display to this day. He went with the intent to commit ritual suicide if thatâs what they wanted as an apology since he felt so ashamed of it. They made him an honorary citizen instead and the sword is displayed in the library.
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During the Civil War, textiles mills in Manchester, England refused to work with cotton picked by slaves, putting a massive economic burden on the city, and Lincoln personally sent them a letter thanking them.
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The candy bomber story post-WWII makes me cry every time. Heâs still alive today. Heâs 99 years old! The US airlifted tons and tons of supplies daily to West Berlin when they were blocked and left to die by the Soviet Union. One pilot dropped tiny parachutes of candy for the German kids after an encounter with a group of them and they asked him what he was chewing. It was gum and theyâd never seen one. He gave one to them and one kid split one piece of gum into many tiny pieces and shared it with all the kids. They said, âSomeday weâll have enough to eat, but if we lose our freedom, weâll never get it back.â After that, he secretly started to gather candy, chocolates, and gum for them and told them to watch out for his plane. But he violated the rules by doing that and he was called to the office thinking he would get in trouble but he was encouraged instead. It was really heartwarming. The kids are now grown and they celebrate him every year and invite him to Germany all the time. It was the sweetest story. I love it so much. Wars or times of crisis really bring out the worst or best in people. Eventually humanity always wins.
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Wasnât there a story from Gallipoli where an Australian sergeant was trying to show his men proper grenade throwing techniques, and he threw a can of beef towards the Ottoman line to demonstrate? Then a few minutes later a tin full of cigarettes was thrown back with a note in rough French (the lingua Franca of the time) thanking them for the gift of beef and offering the cigarettes in return?
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During ww2, American bombers were bombing Bremen, and a bomber was severely damaged by German fighters. Fighter pilot Franz Stigler, recently rearmed and refueled, caught up with the retreating bomber in his BF109, and could see through the damages the injured crew. Instead of finishing it off, he stayed close to the bomber so that german Anti-Air would not target them. He tried to mouth and gesture for them to fly to Sweden to get aid, but pilot Charlie brown and crew didn't understand. Franz then maintained the escort until they were over open water. Franz did this because he considered finishing a damaged plane with the injured crew the same as shooting parachuting pilots, which was (and is) a war crime. Charlie Brown 50 years later managed to find Franz and they became friends until Franz's death.
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Japanese Diplomat in Lithuania during WW2. He was giving free travel passes to anyone who asked, especially Jews fleeing the holocaust. He was ordered by his government to stop and refused. As his embassy was being closed down, he and his wife were signing documents and handing them out to all refugees all the way to the train station; even to the point of throwing signed documents out the window as the train left. He saved 6,000 to 10,000 lives by his actions and was later named among "the Righteous of Nations" and had his name and story entered into a museum in Israel to be forever remembered.Show All 33 Upvotes
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So I am a tall woman. Iâm about 5'10, 5'11ish and if Iâm going to be going into a meeting where I know that thereâs going to be a man whoâs going to try to speak over me or belittle me or throw his weight around, I will purposefully wear the largest heels, like the biggest heels that I have, which make me like 6'2, 6'3 so that I can stand next to them and look down on them and remind them that not only am I a match for you intellectually, but I could step on you.Unexpected-Acts-Of-Kindness-History
The Dutch government donates tulips to Canada every year as a thank you for hosting their royal family during WW2 and the Canadian involvement in liberating the Netherlands. A princess was born in Canada and the hospital room was declared extraterritorial so she could be born Dutch.This Panda hasn't followed anyone yet
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