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APRIL FOOLS ALERT- AskHistoricalFiguresAnything, aka r/HistoricalAMA, is up and running!

261 upvotes • hannahstohelit

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Is the new FL law requiring university students to report their political leanings similar to something in Nazi history?

261 upvotes • ComradeMilo

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There’s a common idea that Freud’s clientele might have been struggling with childhood sexual abuse unacknowledgeable in bourgeois, fin-de-siècle Vienna. At this moment, is there any solid historical evidence for this?

261 upvotes • ChubbyHistorian

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How did Magic: The Gathering influence Napoleon's Invasion of Russia?

261 upvotes • AlanSnooring

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In trench warfare, like what was seen during WWI, how were trenches excavated close to the opposing army's front line without being overrun or shelled to pieces?

260 upvotes • Carthagefield

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Why did the Natives that lived in North America not attain the same depth of organization, architecture, and city building as those in Mesoamerica?

260 upvotes • Itbelongsinamuseum

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How were inter-racial relationships perceived in the "wild west"?

260 upvotes • jeannieb

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Why was baking so common place in Europe but not so common in Asia

260 upvotes • stillalone

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During slavery, were any goods ever marketed as "slave labor free," similar to how we have "fair trade," "cruelty-free," and other conscience-based marketing today?

260 upvotes • shakerLife

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Did early Christianity change the classical world's ethical norms of how to treat those born with birth defects, the mentally disabled, widows, the poor, the weak, and the helpless?

260 upvotes • OP-plz

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
APRIL FOOLS ALERT- AskHistoricalFiguresAnything, aka r/HistoricalAMA, is up and running!	261	hannahstohelit
Is the new FL law requiring university students to report their political leanings similar to something in Nazi history?	261	ComradeMilo
There’s a common idea that Freud’s clientele might have been struggling with childhood sexual abuse unacknowledgeable in bourgeois, fin-de-siècle Vienna. At this moment, is there any solid historical evidence for this?	261	ChubbyHistorian
How did Magic: The Gathering influence Napoleon's Invasion of Russia?	261	AlanSnooring
In trench warfare, like what was seen during WWI, how were trenches excavated close to the opposing army's front line without being overrun or shelled to pieces?	260	Carthagefield
Why did the Natives that lived in North America not attain the same depth of organization, architecture, and city building as those in Mesoamerica?	260	Itbelongsinamuseum
How were inter-racial relationships perceived in the "wild west"?	260	jeannieb
Why was baking so common place in Europe but not so common in Asia	260	stillalone
During slavery, were any goods ever marketed as "slave labor free," similar to how we have "fair trade," "cruelty-free," and other conscience-based marketing today?	260	shakerLife
Did early Christianity change the classical world's ethical norms of how to treat those born with birth defects, the mentally disabled, widows, the poor, the weak, and the helpless?	260	OP-plz