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In the 1943 Disney movie "Education for Death", there is a list of banned names for babies born in Nazi Germany; these included Winston, Franklin, and others. Was this list accurate?

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How extensive was the purposeful destruction of foodstuffs during the Great Depression? Steinbeck paints a very severe picture.

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I took a tour of Chichen Itza last week; the tour guide (a Maya himself) made the claim that the Maya calendar was the most perfect and accurate to ever exist. Is this true?

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What do historians have to say about the destruction of the National Museum of Brazil?

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According to Wikipedia, during the Second Northern War, the "Deluge" in Swedish-occupied Poland was an incredibly brutal period. How extensive was the destruction and how exaggerated are some of these commonly understood claims?

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How true is the idea that Spartans permitted (or even encouraged) cuckoldry as a way of producing stronger sons?

78 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why did the Viking Age have such a sharp beginning (793) and end (1066)? How could the behavior/economic systems of entire cultures just change so drastically? Why did they start/stop raiding?

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How close was the Soviet Union to invading Yugoslavia following the Tito-Stalin split?

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I met a man today named Themistocles. Have Greeks been using the name Themistocles (and other historical names) since antiquity without interruption, or is this a recent phenomenon of referencing the past?

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Did the Quebec push for separatism in the 80s and 90s result in any significant demographic outflows of Anglophones from the province?

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In the 1943 Disney movie "Education for Death", there is a list of banned names for babies born in Nazi Germany; these included Winston, Franklin, and others. Was this list accurate?	94	AskHistorians
How extensive was the purposeful destruction of foodstuffs during the Great Depression? Steinbeck paints a very severe picture.	92	AskHistorians
I took a tour of Chichen Itza last week; the tour guide (a Maya himself) made the claim that the Maya calendar was the most perfect and accurate to ever exist. Is this true?	91	AskHistorians
What do historians have to say about the destruction of the National Museum of Brazil?	88	AskHistorians
According to Wikipedia, during the Second Northern War, the "Deluge" in Swedish-occupied Poland was an incredibly brutal period. How extensive was the destruction and how exaggerated are some of these commonly understood claims?	80	AskHistorians
How true is the idea that Spartans permitted (or even encouraged) cuckoldry as a way of producing stronger sons?	78	AskHistorians
Why did the Viking Age have such a sharp beginning (793) and end (1066)? How could the behavior/economic systems of entire cultures just change so drastically? Why did they start/stop raiding?	77	AskHistorians
How close was the Soviet Union to invading Yugoslavia following the Tito-Stalin split?	71	AskHistorians
I met a man today named Themistocles. Have Greeks been using the name Themistocles (and other historical names) since antiquity without interruption, or is this a recent phenomenon of referencing the past?	68	AskHistorians
Did the Quebec push for separatism in the 80s and 90s result in any significant demographic outflows of Anglophones from the province?	65	AskHistorians