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Millennials in the US widely believe that getting hired was easier for their parents & grandparents, who are known such stories as “I walked right up to manager and said, ‘I’d like a job, when can I start?’ He hired me on the spot!” How true was this in, say, 1970?

8372 upvotes • Tough_Guys_Wear_Pink

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Did Romans sometimes get hit by stray arrows/spears at the colosseum, the way people get hit by foul balls at baseball games today?

8349 upvotes • InsanityPractice

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Sir Ian McKellen came out as gay on BBC Radio 30 years ago today. What was the reaction like in the UK and the US?

8341 upvotes • U-N-C-L-E

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Can there please be some flair added to a title when a question is answered?

8317 upvotes • lavender_time

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Despite representing only 4.4 percent of the world's population, the U.S houses 22 percent of its prisoners. What are the historical reasons for the U.S's incredibly large prison population?

8296 upvotes • Epicness0922

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In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s monster weeps upon hearing about how Native Americans were treated. Was this a common sentiment for Europeans in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?

8235 upvotes • jackp536

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Now that it's been a few months with the JFK Assassination Files being released, is there anything we didn't already know? Anything groundbreaking?

8209 upvotes • Vect0r

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Tomorrow, 152 years ago, John Wilkes Booth walked unseen into President Lincoln's personal booth, took out a pistol, shot him, and managed to escape even after breaking his leg. Why did Lincoln have seemingly no personal security and how did it compare to other world leaders at the time?

8201 upvotes • Shovelbum26

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META: AskHistorians now featured on Slate.com where we explain our policies on Holocaust denial

8138 upvotes • commiespaceinvader

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I always hear people say: "We know for sure that Jesus did exist". How do we know this? I've heard that there was no mention of him in Roman writing, so is it contextual evidence or is there more concrete evidence?

8085 upvotes • fishyslish

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Millennials in the US widely believe that getting hired was easier for their parents & grandparents, who are known such stories as “I walked right up to manager and said, ‘I’d like a job, when can I start?’ He hired me on the spot!” How true was this in, say, 1970?	8372	Tough_Guys_Wear_Pink
Did Romans sometimes get hit by stray arrows/spears at the colosseum, the way people get hit by foul balls at baseball games today?	8349	InsanityPractice
Sir Ian McKellen came out as gay on BBC Radio 30 years ago today. What was the reaction like in the UK and the US?	8341	U-N-C-L-E
Can there please be some flair added to a title when a question is answered?	8317	lavender_time
Despite representing only 4.4 percent of the world's population, the U.S houses 22 percent of its prisoners. What are the historical reasons for the U.S's incredibly large prison population?	8296	Epicness0922
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s monster weeps upon hearing about how Native Americans were treated. Was this a common sentiment for Europeans in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?	8235	jackp536
Now that it's been a few months with the JFK Assassination Files being released, is there anything we didn't already know? Anything groundbreaking?	8209	Vect0r
Tomorrow, 152 years ago, John Wilkes Booth walked unseen into President Lincoln's personal booth, took out a pistol, shot him, and managed to escape even after breaking his leg. Why did Lincoln have seemingly no personal security and how did it compare to other world leaders at the time?	8201	Shovelbum26
META: AskHistorians now featured on Slate.com where we explain our policies on Holocaust denial	8138	commiespaceinvader
I always hear people say: "We know for sure that Jesus did exist". How do we know this? I've heard that there was no mention of him in Roman writing, so is it contextual evidence or is there more concrete evidence?	8085	fishyslish