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  2. Quipu - Wikipedia

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    The word Quipu is derived from a Quechua word meaning 'knot' or 'to knot'. [16] The terms quipu and khipu are simply spelling variations on the same word.Quipu is the traditional spelling based on the Spanish orthography, while khipu reflects the recent Quechuan and Aymaran spelling shift.

  3. Scrap the Japs - Wikipedia

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    These images were based on pre-existing images of the Japanese that the American people had in their minds from previous fears about immigration. [2] Because of the racism, this cartoon, along with some other World War II cartoons is now banned from being broadcast in most countries. [3]

  4. Lampshades made from human skin - Wikipedia

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    Some human remains at Buchenwald, [1] including a lampshade made of human skin. [2]There are two notable reported instances of lampshades made from human skin.After World War II it was claimed that Nazis had made at least one lampshade from murdered concentration camp inmates: a human skin lampshade was displayed by Buchenwald concentration camp commandant Karl-Otto Koch and his wife Ilse Koch ...

  5. Willie and Joe - Wikipedia

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    In most cartoons, they were shown in the rain, mud, and other dire conditions, while they contemplated the whole situation. [3] In the early cartoons, depicting stateside military life in barracks and training camps, Willie was a hook-nosed, smart-mouthed Chocktaw Indian, while Joe was his red-necked straight man. But over time, the two became ...

  6. American mutilation of Japanese war dead - Wikipedia

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    The letters Life received from its readers in response to this photo were "overwhelmingly condemnatory" [50] and the Army directed its Bureau of Public Relations to inform U.S. publishers that "the publication of such stories would be likely to encourage the enemy to take reprisals against American dead and prisoners of war". [51]

  7. Wikipedia : Featured pictures/History/World War II

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    An appeal to self-interest during World War II, by the United States Office of War Information (restored by Yann) Wait for Me, Daddy , by Claude P. Dettloff (restored by Yann ) Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau at Auschwitz Album , by the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst (restored by Yann )

  8. Sabine Hyland - Wikipedia

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    Her research on khipu boards, a herding khipu collected by Max Uhle in 1895, and other khipus surviving in Andean communities led her to argue that the ply direction of knots on khipu cords and the colour of the fibre were significant ways of encoding meaning in khipus. [12] [13] [14]

  9. Defensive fighting position - Wikipedia

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    After Tobruk fell to the Allies in January 1941, the existing positions were modified and significantly expanded by the Australian Army which, along with other Allied forces, reused them in the Siege of Tobruk. A foxhole is one type of defensive strategic position. It is a "small pit used for cover, usually for one or two personnel, and so ...