/r/AskHistorians
In the 1940s, the Superman radio program had him taking on the KKK. How was this received, nationwide, particularly in the south? Superman has an association with "all-American" values; had that already been established by this time?
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With fascism being almost universally condemned after the fall of Hitler and Mussolini, how did Francisco Franco's regime continue to persist until well into the mid-70s?
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The Incas were able to construct one of the "greatest imperial states in human history" without money or markets. How did the Inca Empire function without money?
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The great Roman general Scipio Africanus liked to dance, "not shuffling about in the present style...but in the old-fashioned manly style in which men danced at times of games and festivals, without loss of dignity even if their enemies were watching them." Do we have any idea what this looked like?
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Modern depictions of Cerberus often look like a three-headed Rottweiler. Is this a result of modern perceptions of "tough" or "guard" dogs, or did the Romans have a specific breed in mind when they described this creature?
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Did the general person 1000 years ago know what day of the week it was? The year? Would they have a reason to need to know?
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Did people in ancient Rome get outraged by the fact that their young men were sent to die in far barbaric lands, like Germania?
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In September 1992, Nine Network aired Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos, a programme so apparently objectionable that it was pulled off the air 24 minutes into its 60 minute run. Why was it ever made in the first place, and why was the plug pulled after they'd already made it? NSFW
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