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Why are workers' rights in the USA so restricted as compared to those in other Western nations? Do the origins of this anti-worker environment date to the nation's founding or later?

590 upvotes • [deleted]

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What did Medieval historians think of the incredibly high numbers of soldiers in ancient battles?

590 upvotes • dgnormandeau

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A generation or two ago, tattoos were widely culturally taboo in the U.S. Now, it seems like most or at least a large minority of adults in the U.S. have at least one tattoo. Why was it so demonized, and what drove the cultural change?

590 upvotes • scarcelyberries

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Why did Qatar and Bahrain split from the original UAE?

589 upvotes • HolyScheisse

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How true is the statement "When the Soviet Union fell, The West treated Russia like Germany 1918 rather than 1945, a vanquished enemy to be exploited instead of a potential new friend"?

589 upvotes • debaser11

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Hello /r/AskHistorians! My name is Brian Watson and I am here to answer your (academic) questions about the history of pornography and obscenity.

589 upvotes • AnnalsPornographie

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How badly outnumbered by windmills would Don Quixote have been in La Mancha, 1605?

589 upvotes • chikindiner

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Have the terms "the twenties," "the sixties," "the nineties," etc. always referred to the decade of the previous century, or is this a relatively recent development?

589 upvotes • FaxyMaxy

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Did the Iberian Christian kingdoms ever express annoyance with the rest of Europe that crusader armies were going so far away when there was a Muslim kingdom right next door to their south?

589 upvotes • captainmanman

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Ross Perot’s 1992 presidential campaign garnered 19% of the popular vote, the best third-party showing since Teddy Roosevelt’s run in 1912. Who were his supporters and why was he so successful?

589 upvotes • Mcfinley

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are workers' rights in the USA so restricted as compared to those in other Western nations? Do the origins of this anti-worker environment date to the nation's founding or later?	590	[deleted]
What did Medieval historians think of the incredibly high numbers of soldiers in ancient battles?	590	dgnormandeau
A generation or two ago, tattoos were widely culturally taboo in the U.S. Now, it seems like most or at least a large minority of adults in the U.S. have at least one tattoo. Why was it so demonized, and what drove the cultural change?	590	scarcelyberries
Why did Qatar and Bahrain split from the original UAE?	589	HolyScheisse
How true is the statement "When the Soviet Union fell, The West treated Russia like Germany 1918 rather than 1945, a vanquished enemy to be exploited instead of a potential new friend"?	589	debaser11
Hello /r/AskHistorians! My name is Brian Watson and I am here to answer your (academic) questions about the history of pornography and obscenity.	589	AnnalsPornographie
How badly outnumbered by windmills would Don Quixote have been in La Mancha, 1605?	589	chikindiner
Have the terms "the twenties," "the sixties," "the nineties," etc. always referred to the decade of the previous century, or is this a relatively recent development?	589	FaxyMaxy
Did the Iberian Christian kingdoms ever express annoyance with the rest of Europe that crusader armies were going so far away when there was a Muslim kingdom right next door to their south?	589	captainmanman
Ross Perot’s 1992 presidential campaign garnered 19% of the popular vote, the best third-party showing since Teddy Roosevelt’s run in 1912. Who were his supporters and why was he so successful?	589	Mcfinley