/r/AskHistorians

Title	Upvotes	Author
In the early years of the US, did the Supreme Court justices reach out to the founding fathers to help interpret their intent when writing the Constitution while deliberating cases? Were the founding fathers ever brought in to give expert testimony?	3552	iStayedAtaHolidayInn
Why are "birthright citizenship" countries almost exclusively located in the Americas?	3550	Groovyaardvark
A very anti-government friend of mine keeps referencing citizens of the state of Idaho banding together to build paved roads without the government in the early 1900s. I cannot find anything to confirm this. Is this true, semi true, or is this completely fabricated?	3545	beefchariot
Before “made in China” was a shorthand for crappy quality, it was “made in Japan.” My grandfather remembers “made in Germany” meaning something similar in the 1920s. How far back does this go? Did ancient Roman’s make fun of “Made in Scythia” products for being cheap and badly made?	3545	George4Mayor86
How and why did the Alpine region come to be so wealthy despite mountainous regions often being 'backwaters'?	3542	cailian97
In The Godfather, Vito is uncomfortable with his daughter marrying a Northern Italian, yet seems unconcerned about his son marrying a more obviously ethnically divergent New England WASP. Does this double standard accurately reflect mid-20th-century Sicilian-American views of outmarriage?	3538	JJVMT
Before the invention of anything to prevent pregnancy, were prostitutes just pregnant all the time? What happened to their babies?	3537	lmaosmh
Why did Buddhism flourish throughout almost all of East Asia, but remains an extreme minority in its home country of India?	3537	timpinen
Did any of the ancient civilizations know they were one of the first human civilizations or have any understanding of the significance of that?	3534	ghost_of_drewbledsoe
I've heard that, at the time Jesus was alive, there were countless people proclaiming they were a profit or son of God, and that they performed miracles, yet Jesus is the only one we remember because the others weren't successful enough to gain a following. Is this true?	3534	nunkyfun

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