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In "The Death of Stalin" (2017), Molotov refers to going to the bathroom as going to "spend a kopek." Did Tsarist Russia or the Soviet Union ever have pay toilets?

44 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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A lot of modern American stereotypes of German culture (lederhosen and dirndls, yodeling, Oktoberfest) are heavily influenced by Bavarian culture. How much of this is due to the US military occupying Bavaria after World War II?

40 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did any prominent Nazis become Holocaust deniers?

35 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] Aliens arrive on Earth, but worship US as gods.

28 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[Fresh Start][Second Chance] We Never Seem to Learn

24 upvotes • r/HFY

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[OC] Incident Log for New Colonial Administration, Coordinates (45˚N 30˚E, 15˚N 75˚E)

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In Monty Python's Life of Brian, a man is sentenced to death by stoning for saying "Jehovah." While speaking the Tetragrammaton was certainly a taboo in Judaism, was it actually something enforced by law in ancient Israel? Do we have any records of people being punished for it?

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[WP] Breakfast with a God

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There's an oft-repeated factoid that the Nazis declared the Sioux tribe to be "honorary Aryans." Are there any contemporary sources to back this up?

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[EU] The Brady Bunch have some new next-door neighbors, and they're determined to welcome them to the neighborhood... despite the Addams Family's best attempts to be left alone.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In "The Death of Stalin" (2017), Molotov refers to going to the bathroom as going to "spend a kopek." Did Tsarist Russia or the Soviet Union ever have pay toilets?	44	AskHistorians
A lot of modern American stereotypes of German culture (lederhosen and dirndls, yodeling, Oktoberfest) are heavily influenced by Bavarian culture. How much of this is due to the US military occupying Bavaria after World War II?	40	AskHistorians
Did any prominent Nazis become Holocaust deniers?	35	AskHistorians
[WP] Aliens arrive on Earth, but worship US as gods.	28	WritingPrompts
[Fresh Start][Second Chance] We Never Seem to Learn	24	HFY
[OC] Incident Log for New Colonial Administration, Coordinates (45˚N 30˚E, 15˚N 75˚E)	24	HFY
In Monty Python's Life of Brian, a man is sentenced to death by stoning for saying "Jehovah." While speaking the Tetragrammaton was certainly a taboo in Judaism, was it actually something enforced by law in ancient Israel? Do we have any records of people being punished for it?	23	AskHistorians
[WP] Breakfast with a God	22	WritingPrompts
There's an oft-repeated factoid that the Nazis declared the Sioux tribe to be "honorary Aryans." Are there any contemporary sources to back this up?	20	AskHistorians
[EU] The Brady Bunch have some new next-door neighbors, and they're determined to welcome them to the neighborhood... despite the Addams Family's best attempts to be left alone.	19	WritingPrompts