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I just saw an interesting TIL about the US hiring professional skeet shooters during WW1 to shoot thrown grenades in the air during trench warfare. How true is this? Was this even effective?

3381 upvotes • Ghostfistkilla

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In WW2 how big a problem was sunburn for US troops fighting in the Pacific?

3381 upvotes • Chainsaw_Hamster

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In 2010 series 'Spartacus', in a scene where Spartacus fights as a gladiator while the crowd is dancing and acclaiming him, some women are shown topless. Was it common for women in Ancient Rome to be publicly topless? Otherwise, when and why was Ancient Rome so erotized in the social imaginary?

3380 upvotes • gatoplanta

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In Bram Stoker's Dracula, one of the character speaks highly of Texas and its inclusion to the Union. Given that the novel is set in late 19th Century Europe, what place does Texas hold in the popular culture, or collective consciousness, at that time?

3376 upvotes • Blaskowicz

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What did former Nazis think of the appearance of neo-Nazism?

3375 upvotes • flying_shadow

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Native American names like "Wyoming", "Miami" and "Wabash" have been applied to areas of the United States hundreds and thousands of miles away from the tribes whose languages they came from. Why?

3374 upvotes • wolverine237

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Was Gen. Washington a tactically good General?

3374 upvotes • JoshGordons_burner

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A huge thank you to the AskHistorians mods

3373 upvotes • esquipex

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What is the cultural/historical background of sentient pink blobs in Japanese media (think Chansey, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Kirby, Majin Buu)?

3373 upvotes • Ersatz_Okapi

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Is there a Japanese equivalent of "The white man's burden" that tries to portray the notion that empire building comes from a kind of moral need to "civilise" and encourage progress?

3372 upvotes • chanchiki

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I just saw an interesting TIL about the US hiring professional skeet shooters during WW1 to shoot thrown grenades in the air during trench warfare. How true is this? Was this even effective?	3381	Ghostfistkilla
In WW2 how big a problem was sunburn for US troops fighting in the Pacific?	3381	Chainsaw_Hamster
In 2010 series 'Spartacus', in a scene where Spartacus fights as a gladiator while the crowd is dancing and acclaiming him, some women are shown topless. Was it common for women in Ancient Rome to be publicly topless? Otherwise, when and why was Ancient Rome so erotized in the social imaginary?	3380	gatoplanta
In Bram Stoker's Dracula, one of the character speaks highly of Texas and its inclusion to the Union. Given that the novel is set in late 19th Century Europe, what place does Texas hold in the popular culture, or collective consciousness, at that time?	3376	Blaskowicz
What did former Nazis think of the appearance of neo-Nazism?	3375	flying_shadow
Native American names like "Wyoming", "Miami" and "Wabash" have been applied to areas of the United States hundreds and thousands of miles away from the tribes whose languages they came from. Why?	3374	wolverine237
Was Gen. Washington a tactically good General?	3374	JoshGordons_burner
A huge thank you to the AskHistorians mods	3373	esquipex
What is the cultural/historical background of sentient pink blobs in Japanese media (think Chansey, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Kirby, Majin Buu)?	3373	Ersatz_Okapi
Is there a Japanese equivalent of "The white man's burden" that tries to portray the notion that empire building comes from a kind of moral need to "civilise" and encourage progress?	3372	chanchiki