AskHistorians

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"Well Sweetie, when a mommy and daddy love each other very much..." How long have parents been giving their kids "The Talk." Is this a fairly recent custom?	9
Did fandoms of the early 20th century (Batman, Superman, Sherlock Holmes, Sword and Sandal fantasies) see anything similar to the conventions, cosplayers, and occasional outrages we have in today's fanbases?	9
"Forced Diversity", "Cultural Marxism", and other vaguely Nazi, reactionary slogans are common on the internet in response to virtually every new movie or game with a female/gay/non-white protagonist. Did past properties and mediums elicit the same kind of response when they began to change?	8
Bull sharks are well known for their aggression and ability to live in freshwater rivers and lakes for weeks at a time, most notably the Zambezi river in southern Africa. Do Bull Sharks feature in the mythologies of these areas' indigenous people? What about explorers/colonizers?	8
Anti-semitism and feelings of racial superiority were unfortunately not exclusive to Nazi Germany. Were there any instances of abuse in the Allied armies at the liberated concentration camps?	7
How much, if any, actual impact did Indiana Jones, Top Gun, Jurassic Park, and the X-Files have on employment or research in the respective fields that these huge hits glorified?	7
Do we know who was the first person killed in an automobile accident, and did it result in controversy over this new, dangerous technology?	6
Did ALL of the millions of Red Army POWs get interrogated by SMERSH and sent to gulags after release, and where any of these veterans "pardoned" by Khrushchev during De-Stalinization?	6
Did fandoms of the early 20th century (Batman, Superman, Sherlock Holmes, Sword and Sandal fantasies) see anything similar to the conventions, cosplayers, and occasional outrages we have in today's fanbases?	5
Bull sharks are well known for their ability to live in freshwater rivers and lakes for weeks at a time, most notably the Zambezi river in southern Africa and waterways of Central America. They are also aggressive. Do Bull Sharks feature in the mythologies of these areas' indigenous people?	5

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