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Nixon won re-election in 1972 with the widest popular vote margin in American history, and consistently led in Gallup polling by wide margins in the months leading up to the election. If his re-election bid was expected to be a walk in the park, why did he break the law to undermine the Democrats?

12008 upvotes • TrynnaFindaBalance

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AskHistorians has hit 1.5 million subscribers! To celebrate, we’re giving away 1.5 million historical facts. Join us HERE to claim your free fact!

11559 upvotes • crrpit

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I'm a medieval toddler having dinner with my family. Do I refuse to eat peas and throw my spoon like my modern contemporaries, or are the terrible twos and tantrums a modern phenomenon as some would suggest?

10922 upvotes • bitsyvonboomboom

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The Statue of Liberty is now green, but it used to be copper. While the statue was forming its patina, were there people calling for its restoration to the natural copper? How did people come to accept it as green?

10899 upvotes • cordis_melum

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The United States was founded, populated and developed by people who were not originally from America. How did anti-immigration sentiment arise from a literal nation of immigrants? How did the idea of America as a melting pot of different cultures develop in spite anti-immigrant sentiment?

10888 upvotes • Overlord_C

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META: An Historical Overview of 9/11, as the 20 Year Rule Enters 2021

10812 upvotes • jbdyer

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Not a question, just a “thank you.”

10758 upvotes • [deleted]

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Where are all the Native American restaurants? Was such a thing ever popular in the US?

10659 upvotes • nachoruns

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Kids these days like to pretend sticks are guns by repeatedly going "pew, pew, pew" like modern day automatic firearms. But did kids in the 1700's do the same thing except they would pretend to do the loading procedure for a musket every time they "shoot?"

10645 upvotes • NikKerk

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How did humans cope with poor eyesight in the Middle Ages? Did all hunters and knights thus have 20/20 vision?

10551 upvotes • Ola_the_Polka

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Nixon won re-election in 1972 with the widest popular vote margin in American history, and consistently led in Gallup polling by wide margins in the months leading up to the election. If his re-election bid was expected to be a walk in the park, why did he break the law to undermine the Democrats?	12008	TrynnaFindaBalance
AskHistorians has hit 1.5 million subscribers! To celebrate, we’re giving away 1.5 million historical facts. Join us HERE to claim your free fact!	11559	crrpit
I'm a medieval toddler having dinner with my family. Do I refuse to eat peas and throw my spoon like my modern contemporaries, or are the terrible twos and tantrums a modern phenomenon as some would suggest?	10922	bitsyvonboomboom
The Statue of Liberty is now green, but it used to be copper. While the statue was forming its patina, were there people calling for its restoration to the natural copper? How did people come to accept it as green?	10899	cordis_melum
The United States was founded, populated and developed by people who were not originally from America. How did anti-immigration sentiment arise from a literal nation of immigrants? How did the idea of America as a melting pot of different cultures develop in spite anti-immigrant sentiment?	10888	Overlord_C
META: An Historical Overview of 9/11, as the 20 Year Rule Enters 2021	10812	jbdyer
Not a question, just a “thank you.”	10758	[deleted]
Where are all the Native American restaurants? Was such a thing ever popular in the US?	10659	nachoruns
Kids these days like to pretend sticks are guns by repeatedly going "pew, pew, pew" like modern day automatic firearms. But did kids in the 1700's do the same thing except they would pretend to do the loading procedure for a musket every time they "shoot?"	10645	NikKerk
How did humans cope with poor eyesight in the Middle Ages? Did all hunters and knights thus have 20/20 vision?	10551	Ola_the_Polka