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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit
All Aboard the Orient’s Expression: Reclaiming Asian Perspectives & Identity in the Age of Imperialism	600	AskHistorians
A recent xkcd comic joked that a time traveller in the early 18th century could probably bribe someone with a roll of aluminium foil. How valuable was aluminium in East Prussia ca. 1736? Was aluminium seen as having any practical function, or simply a rare curiosity?	503	AskHistorians
At the end of For a Few Dollars More (1965), Clint Eastwood's character, Manco, presumably leaves El Paso with $67,000 in bounties and rewards (and likely at least another $2000 from earlier bounties collected). How much land could be bought with that in 1880s Texas?	480	AskHistorians
Supporters of the Blue and Green teams at the Hippodrome of Constantinople were infamous for committing violent crimes and starting riots, but why Blue and Green rather than Red and White? At Rome, the Red and White teams were older, so surely could have developed a bigger reputation?	428	AskHistorians
The release of Life of Brian in 1979 caused serious outrage on both sides of the Atlantic from conservative religious groups. But what about Jesus Christ Superstar, both the album (1970) and film (1973)? Was there a buzz? Tell me what was happening!	416	AskHistorians
Loudly let the trumpets bray! New Mods have entered stage left!	409	AskHistorians
Much of Mein Kampf apparently involves ranting about the status of the Southern Tirol, which Italy had annexed from Austria at the end of WWI. Why this obsession with a piece of Alpine territory? And how typical were Hitler's views on the matter within Austria and/or Germany?	408	AskHistorians
In Europa Universalis IV, the price of fish drops slightly after the Protestant Reformation because apparently Protestants ate less of it due thanks to being able to eat meat on Fridays. Is this at all accurate? How much did the Reformation actually affect European cuisine?	392	AskHistorians
At the same time that William the Conqueror gained the English throne, other Normans were busy conquering Sicily and southern Italy. How strong of a relationship existed between these Norman realms?	388	AskHistorians
The Inca Empire referred to itself as the 'Four Parts Together', but what were the four parts, and what distinguished them? Was it just an arbitrary administrative separation, or did they represent distinct cultural groups within the empire?	375	AskHistorians

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