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Media today often shows battles as two groups of frenzied warriors running full-tilt into each other and the front line dissolving into a chaotic mess of a thousand small duels; how accurate is this?

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How long did it take for the Statue of Liberty to rust green? Are there any pictures showing, or writings describing, its original bronze?

64 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why didn't Hitler just launch Operation Sealion while the Battle of Britain was happening? Wouldn't the RAF have been too busy to intervene with the landings?

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How long has the 4:4 time signature existed? Where did it come from?

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Why was the Eagle the symbol of the Roman Legion if their mythological animal was the Capitoline Wolf?

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Ken Burns' famous Civil War documentary mentions that after the execution of John Brown, militia activity became much more active in the South. What did this look like?

54 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What are your biggest pet peeves about fantasy battles, and what do you think they could do better?

54 upvotes • r/Fantasy

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Are there any European landed families we know of who originated as descendants of a Roman veteran who was given a plot of land for his service?

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Wild JACKASS appeared! BADASS FEMINIST MOM, I choose you! (Happy ending, and very long)

48 upvotes • r/LetsNotMeet

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Though they were an Axis power, to what degree was WWII-era Imperial Japan actually fascist?

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Media today often shows battles as two groups of frenzied warriors running full-tilt into each other and the front line dissolving into a chaotic mess of a thousand small duels; how accurate is this?	75	AskHistorians
How long did it take for the Statue of Liberty to rust green? Are there any pictures showing, or writings describing, its original bronze?	64	AskHistorians
Why didn't Hitler just launch Operation Sealion while the Battle of Britain was happening? Wouldn't the RAF have been too busy to intervene with the landings?	59	AskHistorians
How long has the 4:4 time signature existed? Where did it come from?	57	AskHistorians
Why was the Eagle the symbol of the Roman Legion if their mythological animal was the Capitoline Wolf?	55	AskHistorians
Ken Burns' famous Civil War documentary mentions that after the execution of John Brown, militia activity became much more active in the South. What did this look like?	54	AskHistorians
What are your biggest pet peeves about fantasy battles, and what do you think they could do better?	54	Fantasy
Are there any European landed families we know of who originated as descendants of a Roman veteran who was given a plot of land for his service?	53	AskHistorians
Wild JACKASS appeared! BADASS FEMINIST MOM, I choose you! (Happy ending, and very long)	48	LetsNotMeet
Though they were an Axis power, to what degree was WWII-era Imperial Japan actually fascist?	48	AskHistorians