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Johnny Cash's 1964 album 'Bitter Tears' has some pretty strong condemnations of the way white people (past and present) had dealt with Native Americans. How common were these views at the time? What were reactions to the album like?

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In Weird Al's song 'Amish Paradise', he states, "tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699." How would the Amish (or similar Anabaptist groups) have partied in 1699?

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Why did so few Anglo-Saxon names survive the Conquest? Where are all the Æthelhilds and Beowulfs?

258 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why haven't we created superior alternatives to turbines for electricity generation?

72 upvotes • r/askscience

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Is there a historical consensus regarding the innocence or guilt of Sacco and Vanzetti?

41 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Taking away Watergate, how is/was Nixon regarded as a president?

27 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Were men really charged with their wives' crimes in Victorian England?

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How would you pronounce 'guerrilla'?, and other questions regarding pronunciation choice among historians.

15 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why are most metals the same color?

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How long was British currency used in the United States after independence?

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Johnny Cash's 1964 album 'Bitter Tears' has some pretty strong condemnations of the way white people (past and present) had dealt with Native Americans. How common were these views at the time? What were reactions to the album like?	807	AskHistorians
In Weird Al's song 'Amish Paradise', he states, "tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699." How would the Amish (or similar Anabaptist groups) have partied in 1699?	807	AskHistorians
Why did so few Anglo-Saxon names survive the Conquest? Where are all the Æthelhilds and Beowulfs?	258	AskHistorians
Why haven't we created superior alternatives to turbines for electricity generation?	72	askscience
Is there a historical consensus regarding the innocence or guilt of Sacco and Vanzetti?	41	AskHistorians
Taking away Watergate, how is/was Nixon regarded as a president?	27	AskHistorians
Were men really charged with their wives' crimes in Victorian England?	19	AskHistorians
How would you pronounce 'guerrilla'?, and other questions regarding pronunciation choice among historians.	15	AskHistorians
Why are most metals the same color?	15	askscience
How long was British currency used in the United States after independence?	12	AskHistorians