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What where taxicabs like in the Soviet Union?

154 upvotes • Quirite

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[META] [AH Showcase] Dear lovely readers of /r/AskHistorians: we need your help!

154 upvotes • vertexoflife

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Did Catholic Kings and Emperors go to confession? Do we know what they might have confessed, or if they ever had to do 'Hail Marys' as punishment, and so on?

154 upvotes • nilhaus

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I read that that the 12th SS Division ('Hitler Youth') suffered a ~42% casualty rate on it's ~20,000 members throughout it's campaigns. What are some of the main factors that contributed to such an astounding casualty rate?

154 upvotes • Hawkeye117

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Where did the Chinese hairstyle of the shaved head with the long ponytail originate from?

154 upvotes • dirtyleft

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A Russian woman told me that Stalin's second wife, Nadya Alliluyeva, wanders the earth as a ghost, haunting the minds of young men. Is this a widespread myth or just a crazy old lady's fantasies?

154 upvotes • OnkelMickwald

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Systems of mail delivery at sea in the 18th century

154 upvotes • keplar

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During the period of French Colonization of Indochina, what effect did the respective styles of cooking have on the other?

154 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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AskHistorians Podcast 051 - Zimbabwe, Part 2

154 upvotes • 400-Rabbits

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I am a fisherman/peasant living along the Peruvian coast in the 1460s. I live in the Chimor Empire. What happens to me when the Inca conquer the Chimor? How does my life change?

154 upvotes • poor_and_obscure

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What where taxicabs like in the Soviet Union?	154	Quirite
[META] [AH Showcase] Dear lovely readers of /r/AskHistorians: we need your help!	154	vertexoflife
Did Catholic Kings and Emperors go to confession? Do we know what they might have confessed, or if they ever had to do 'Hail Marys' as punishment, and so on?	154	nilhaus
I read that that the 12th SS Division ('Hitler Youth') suffered a ~42% casualty rate on it's ~20,000 members throughout it's campaigns. What are some of the main factors that contributed to such an astounding casualty rate?	154	Hawkeye117
Where did the Chinese hairstyle of the shaved head with the long ponytail originate from?	154	dirtyleft
A Russian woman told me that Stalin's second wife, Nadya Alliluyeva, wanders the earth as a ghost, haunting the minds of young men. Is this a widespread myth or just a crazy old lady's fantasies?	154	OnkelMickwald
Systems of mail delivery at sea in the 18th century	154	keplar
During the period of French Colonization of Indochina, what effect did the respective styles of cooking have on the other?	154	Georgy_K_Zhukov
AskHistorians Podcast 051 - Zimbabwe, Part 2	154	400-Rabbits
I am a fisherman/peasant living along the Peruvian coast in the 1460s. I live in the Chimor Empire. What happens to me when the Inca conquer the Chimor? How does my life change?	154	poor_and_obscure