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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted". Whose idea was it to add that text to the Amendment?

3990 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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If Columbus had attempted to sail across the Atlantic in 1392, would he have reached the New World? When did European ships become capable of making the journey?

745 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] My ninth grade math teacher told me I was going to end up in jail. That pissed me off my whole life, and it was all I could think about my first night in jail.

223 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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When Scipio Africanus used the pincer maneuver at the battle of Ilipa, were any of his Iberian troops aware that the plan depended on the Iberian being weak fighters who would get forced backwards by The Carthaginians?

117 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] After the apocalypse, you run a small food stand feeding survivors whatever you can make out of old rations, dead rodents, and hardy weeds. One day, Gordon Ramsay shows up.

73 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Did farmers in premodern Europe understand that wheat contains more calories than cabbage or turnips? Did they try to maximize the amount of food energy grown on their land?

34 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How many diseases were described by Hippocrates? Did he describe any that don't match any currently documented disease?

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What is the oldest board or card game of which we know the exact rules?

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How did the ghouls from Night of the Living Dead become universally known by the name "zombies"?

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[Request] Are there any stories about human tracking or forensic abilities?

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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted". Whose idea was it to add that text to the Amendment?	3990	AskHistorians
If Columbus had attempted to sail across the Atlantic in 1392, would he have reached the New World? When did European ships become capable of making the journey?	745	AskHistorians
[WP] My ninth grade math teacher told me I was going to end up in jail. That pissed me off my whole life, and it was all I could think about my first night in jail.	223	WritingPrompts
When Scipio Africanus used the pincer maneuver at the battle of Ilipa, were any of his Iberian troops aware that the plan depended on the Iberian being weak fighters who would get forced backwards by The Carthaginians?	117	AskHistorians
[WP] After the apocalypse, you run a small food stand feeding survivors whatever you can make out of old rations, dead rodents, and hardy weeds. One day, Gordon Ramsay shows up.	73	WritingPrompts
Did farmers in premodern Europe understand that wheat contains more calories than cabbage or turnips? Did they try to maximize the amount of food energy grown on their land?	34	AskHistorians
How many diseases were described by Hippocrates? Did he describe any that don't match any currently documented disease?	31	AskHistorians
What is the oldest board or card game of which we know the exact rules?	29	AskHistorians
How did the ghouls from Night of the Living Dead become universally known by the name "zombies"?	17	AskHistorians
[Request] Are there any stories about human tracking or forensic abilities?	16	HFY