/r/askhistorians

Title	Upvotes	Author
Portugese records report that cannabalistic maurauders called Jagas raided as far as Somalia, Angola, and Sierra Leone. That's a range bigger than the continental United States. Who were these people? How did they operate over such a large distance?	2443	Tatem1961
When perusing Wikipedia's list of Confederate monuments, I notice that an overwhelming number were constructed in the period of 1900-1920. Why is this?	2442	demuratrix
How did Hungary, a land-locked Eastern European country that spent a little over a century under Ottoman subjugation... end up becoming one of the internationally renowned produces of paprika, an american vegetable/spice?	2442	Hoihe
At what point did professional athletes go from regular people who worked jobs in the off season to millionaires? What caused this dramatic change of lifestyle for athletes?	2441	beefstewforyou
Do we have any proof that Scar actually assassinated King Mufasa? Or was this just a propaganda story created by the Simba Regime to legitimatize Simba's transition back to Lion Apartheid over a racially intergrated kingdom of lions and hyenas (under scar)?	2439	iacceptjadensmith
"America has been at war for 222 out of 239 years since 1776". This Facebook post I saw being shared around earlier smells like bullshit to me. Is it?	2439	Brickie78
Poisoning wells is a common espionage activity in fiction based in medieval times. Was well poisoning actually something spies would do? What would the exact goals of a well-poisoning be?	2439	grunman126
According to Herodotus, Babylonian women had to have intercourse with a stranger once in their lifetime without refusing. Is there any proof that such customs actually existed? And if they did, are there any documents talking about whether these women saw this as rape or thought it normal to do?	2438	LeonInJapan
News outlets are reporting that Russia may soon default on its national debt. Historically, what has happened in countries that defaulted on their debt?	2438	Exnixon
When did Sigmund Freud’s ideas lose their authority among the public (at least in the USA)? Intellectuals in the postwar period cited Freud constantly, whereas today, most people remember him mainly for his wackier theories about sex with your mom.	2434	wulfrickson

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