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TIL that Buzz Aldrin was supposed to be the first man to walk on the moon instead of Neil Armstrong, but NASA was forced to change their plans because they'd built the Lunar Module so that as the pilot, Aldrin would be seated farther from the door than Armstrong

3912 upvotes • r/todayilearned

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How did medieval knights dress when not in battle? Did they just wear normal (presumably expensive) medieval clothes, or did they have some sort of uniform or other "badge of office" garment worn to advertize their status as knights?

611 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How do I tell my waiter that I want only a half portion of the starchy side dish and no have them look at me like I'm speaking Klingon?

76 upvotes • r/diabetes

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Best salad places in Pasadena?

38 upvotes • r/pasadena

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Aztec sculptures sometimes depict humanoid figures wearing goggles. Did the Aztecs themselves ever wear goggles? What was the purpose of the goggles?

27 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did any ancient culture have warning pictograms analogous to modern hazard signs?

21 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How and why did people in Scotland go from wearing trousers while most other cultures were wearing kilts, robes, or tunics to wearing kilts while most other cultures were wearing trousers?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Pangaea: How did all the continents end up all crammed together in the first place?

11 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why did the anglicized spellings of many words originating in the Muslim and Hindu world change some time after the turn of the 20th century, even though in most cases the pronunciations did not?

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Historically, have actual thieves ever worn domino masks to disguise their identities, or is that entirely an invention of the media?

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TIL that Buzz Aldrin was supposed to be the first man to walk on the moon instead of Neil Armstrong, but NASA was forced to change their plans because they'd built the Lunar Module so that as the pilot, Aldrin would be seated farther from the door than Armstrong	3912	todayilearned
How did medieval knights dress when not in battle? Did they just wear normal (presumably expensive) medieval clothes, or did they have some sort of uniform or other "badge of office" garment worn to advertize their status as knights?	611	AskHistorians
How do I tell my waiter that I want only a half portion of the starchy side dish and no have them look at me like I'm speaking Klingon?	76	diabetes
Best salad places in Pasadena?	38	pasadena
Aztec sculptures sometimes depict humanoid figures wearing goggles. Did the Aztecs themselves ever wear goggles? What was the purpose of the goggles?	27	AskHistorians
Did any ancient culture have warning pictograms analogous to modern hazard signs?	21	AskHistorians
How and why did people in Scotland go from wearing trousers while most other cultures were wearing kilts, robes, or tunics to wearing kilts while most other cultures were wearing trousers?	12	AskHistorians
Pangaea: How did all the continents end up all crammed together in the first place?	11	askscience
Why did the anglicized spellings of many words originating in the Muslim and Hindu world change some time after the turn of the 20th century, even though in most cases the pronunciations did not?	9	AskHistorians
Historically, have actual thieves ever worn domino masks to disguise their identities, or is that entirely an invention of the media?	6	AskHistorians