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Why did coastal parts of West Africa never take off as vacation hubs in the same way the Caribbean has?

255 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] You were born with the amazing ability to understand every single language on Earth. One day you overhear a conversation between two strange individuals, except you cannot understand a word they are saying.

53 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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In early America/the colonies in the 1700s, before the mythical cowboys but well after the age of chivalrous knights of England, what any storybook warrior archetypes were people enamored by?

18 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[IP]"You ended up in the twelfth plane of torment on your way to the kitchen?" "I am not a clever man." Write a backstory or a continuation to this short comic.

15 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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When did the concept of philosophers as depicted in Ancient Greece go away, and why? Modern philosophy seems to be unheard of to anyone outside philosophy academics. Is that how it would be in Ancient Greece too?

15 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In America/the colonies in the 1700s, how common were “arms”?

11 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Before suburbia as we know it in North America, was having your own backyard “swimming pool” a thing?

8 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When and why did drug advertisements start coming up in the United States despite being disallowed in many European countries?

7 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] You’re outside, minding your business, when your reality slows down. You quick realize that an arrow/bullet a distance away is traveling at you in slow motion. You’re on a kill-cam shot, with seconds to react.

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The airplane came to be in the early 1900s, and hardly a decade later planes were being used in WW1. Were there any reservations/concerns at the time for incorporating flight with war?

5 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did coastal parts of West Africa never take off as vacation hubs in the same way the Caribbean has?	255	AskHistorians
[WP] You were born with the amazing ability to understand every single language on Earth. One day you overhear a conversation between two strange individuals, except you cannot understand a word they are saying.	53	WritingPrompts
In early America/the colonies in the 1700s, before the mythical cowboys but well after the age of chivalrous knights of England, what any storybook warrior archetypes were people enamored by?	18	AskHistorians
[IP]"You ended up in the twelfth plane of torment on your way to the kitchen?" "I am not a clever man." Write a backstory or a continuation to this short comic.	15	WritingPrompts
When did the concept of philosophers as depicted in Ancient Greece go away, and why? Modern philosophy seems to be unheard of to anyone outside philosophy academics. Is that how it would be in Ancient Greece too?	15	AskHistorians
In America/the colonies in the 1700s, how common were “arms”?	11	AskHistorians
Before suburbia as we know it in North America, was having your own backyard “swimming pool” a thing?	8	AskHistorians
When and why did drug advertisements start coming up in the United States despite being disallowed in many European countries?	7	AskHistorians
[WP] You’re outside, minding your business, when your reality slows down. You quick realize that an arrow/bullet a distance away is traveling at you in slow motion. You’re on a kill-cam shot, with seconds to react.	6	WritingPrompts
The airplane came to be in the early 1900s, and hardly a decade later planes were being used in WW1. Were there any reservations/concerns at the time for incorporating flight with war?	5	AskHistorians